The rights of the child 2014, para. 48i

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[Calls upon all States to include the relevant provisions to protect children from discrimination and overcome inequalities and, in particular:] To take all necessary measures to ensure universal access to birth registration of all children immediately after birth, including those living in remote areas, by, inter alia, removing barriers that impede their registration, moving towards the provision of free birth registration, ensuring the existence of a simple, effective, expeditious and accessible birth registration system, including late birth registration, ensuring the right of every child to a name and the right to acquire a nationality, respecting the selection by parents of a name of their own choosing, respecting the child's preservation of his or her identity and, as far as possible, protecting the child's knowing and being cared for by his or her parents;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Infants
Year
2014
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The rights of the child (2014), A/RES/69/157, OP 48i.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
48i