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Rights of the child (2019), para. 039
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- 9. Recalls every child’s right to be registered immediately after birth, to a name, to acquire a nationality and to recognition everywhere as a person before the law, as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 4 respectively, reminds States of their obligation to ensure the registration of the birth of all children without discrimination of any kind, including in the case of late birth registration, calls upon States to ensure that birth registration procedures are universal, accessible, simple, expeditious and effective and provided at minimal or no cost, and recognizes the importance of birth registration as a critical means of preventing statelessness;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 25
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- 12. Urges States to identify and remove physical, administrative, procedural and any other barriers that impede access to birth registration, including late registration, paying due attention to, among others, those barriers relating to poverty, disability, gender, age, adoption processes, nationality, statelessness, displacement, illiteracy and detention contexts, and to persons in vulnerable situations;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond (2020), para. 17
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- 9. Further encourages Member States to provide legal identity, including birth registration, in accordance with international law, including relevant provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child 3 and/or relevant provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 4 and death registration, as a means of, inter alia, promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Consequences of child, early and forced marriage (2019), para. 33
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- 5. Calls upon States to ensure the timely registration of births and marriages, including by identifying and removing all physical, administrative, procedural and any other barriers that impede access to registration, especially for individuals living in rural and remote areas, and by providing, where lacking, mechanisms for the registration of customary and religious marriages;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 21
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- 8. Calls upon States to protect personal information obtained through birth registration or other civil registration processes that may be used to discriminate against an individual;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The rights of the child (1999), para. 20
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- 8. Invites States parties, when reporting to the Committee on the implementation of article 7 of the Convention, to provide information, in accordance with the reporting guidelines of the Committee, on their levels of birth registration and other relevant data in this regard;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 29
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- 16. Invites relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and other relevant stakeholders to cooperate with States in providing technical assistance, upon request, and calls upon them to ensure that persons with no birth registration are not discriminated against in any of their programmes;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 24
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- 11. Calls upon States to ensure that lack of birth registration or documents of proof of birth does not constitute an obstacle to access to and the enjoyment of relevant national services and programmes, in accordance with national and international human rights law;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2013), para. 13
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- 2. Reminds States of their obligation to register births without discrimination of any kind and irrespective of the status of his or her parents;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The girl child (2016), para. 50
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- 28. Reaffirms that everyone has a right to a nationality as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 24 and in this regard calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider adopting and implementing nationality legislation consistent with their applicable obligations under international law and to facilitate the acquisition of nationality by and ensure free or low-cost birth registration for children born on their territories or their nationals abroad who would otherwise be stateless;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to a nationality: women’s equal nationality rights in law and in practice (2016), para. 27
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- 8. Calls upon States to identify and remove physical, administrative, procedural and any other barriers, especially those targeting women, that impede access to registration of vital life events including birth, marriage and death registration, and including late registration and associated fees, paying due attention to, among others, barriers relating to poverty, age, disability, gender, nationality, displacement, illiteracy and detention contexts, and to persons in vulnerable groups, and to remove barriers to birth registration based on discrimination against unwed mothers;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to a nationality: women and children (2012), para. 14
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- Taking into consideration the fact that all persons, particularly women and children, without nationality or without birth registration are vulnerable to trafficking in persons and other abuses and violations of their human rights,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The girl child (2018), para. 57
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- 32. Reaffirms that everyone has a right to a nationality as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 26 and in this regard calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider adopting and implementing nationality legislation consistent with their applicable obligations under international law and to facilitate the acquisition of nationality by and ensure free or low-cost birth registration for children born on their territories or their nationals abroad who would otherwise be stateless;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2013), para. 08
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- Recalling the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council calling upon States to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, the most recent being Assembly resolution 66/141 of 19 December 2011 and Council resolution 19/9 of 22 March 2012,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2013), para. 14
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- 3. Calls upon States to establish or strengthen existing institutions at all levels responsible for birth registration and the preservation and security of such records, to ensure adequate training for registration officers, to allocate sufficient and adequate human, technical and financial resources to fulfil their mandate, and to increase, as needed, the number of birth registration facilities, paying attention to the local community level;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality (2012), para. 26
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- 9. Urges all States to prevent statelessness through legislative and other measures aimed at ensuring that all children are registered immediately after birth and have the right to acquire a nationality and that individuals do not become stateless thereafter;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 14
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- 1. Expresses deep concern at the fact that, , despite ongoing efforts to increase the global rate of birth registration, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund nearly one quarter of births of the global population of children under 5 have never been registered; 1
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child (2020), para. 036
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- 11. Recalls every child’s right to be registered immediately after birth, to a name, to acquire a nationality and to recognition everywhere as a person before the law, as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 4 respectively, reminds States of their obligation to ensure the registration of the birth of all children without discrimination of any kind, including in the case of late birth registration, calls upon States t o ensure that birth registration procedures are universal, accessible, simple, expeditious and effective and provided at minimal or no cost, and recognizes the importance of birth registration as a critical means of preventing statelessness;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2017), para. 38
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- 14. Recognizes the right of the child to be registered immediately after birth, and calls upon all States to ensure free birth registration, including free or low-fee late birth registration, by means of universal, accessible, simple, expeditious and effective registration procedures, without discrimination of any kind, and that vital statistics are collected for all children, particularly those in situations of vulnerability, through comprehensive civil registration systems that are accessible and affordable;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to a nationality: women and children (2012), para. 22
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- 8. Calls upon States to ensure free birth registration, including free or low-fee late birth registration, for every child, and underscores the importance of effective birth registration and provision of documentary proof of birth irrespective of his or her immigration status and that of his or her parents or family members, which can contribute to reducing statelessness, as well as reducing vulnerability to trafficking in persons and other abuses and violations of their human rights;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Infants
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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The right to a nationality: women’s equal nationality rights in law and in practice (2016), para. 04
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- Recalling its adoption of resolutions 13/2 of 24 March 2010 on arbitrary deprivation of nationality, 20/4 of 5 July 2012 on the right to nationality, and 28/13 of 26 March 2015 on birth registration,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 09
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- Recalling the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council in which they call upon States to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, and without discrimination of any kind, the most recent being Assembly resolution 71/177 of 19 December 2016 and Council resolution 28/13 of 23 March 2015,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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Rights of the child (2013), para. 029
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- 10. Also recalls Human Rights Council resolution 19/9 of 22 March 2012, entitled “Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law”, 29 expressing concern at the high number of persons throughout the world whose birth is not registered and reminding States of their obligation to undertake birth registration without discrimination of any kind and to ensure universal birth registration, including late birth registration, and that registration procedures are simple, expeditious and effective and provided at minimal or no cost;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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Legal empowerment of the poor and eradication of poverty (2010), para. 20
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- 5. Also emphasizes the importance of access to justice for all, and in this regard encourages the strengthening and improvement of the administration of justice and identity and birth registration systems, as well as awareness-raising concerning existing legal rights;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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Rights of the child (2007), para. 020
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- 7. Once again urges all States parties to intensify their efforts to comply with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child 2 to preserve the child’s identity, including nationality, name and family relations, as recognized by law, to allow for the registration of the child immediately after birth, to ensure that registration procedures are simple, expeditious and effective and provided at minimal or no cost and to raise awareness of the importance of birth registration at the national, regional and local levels;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2013), para. 19
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- 8. Encourages States to request technical assistance, if required, from relevant United Nations bodies, agencies, funds and programmes, including the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Population Fund, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Development Programme, and other relevant stakeholders in order to fulfil their obligation to undertake birth registration as a means to respect the right of everyone to be recognized everywhere as a person before the law;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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Rights of the child (2004), para. 036
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- 12. Calls upon all States to intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, including through the consideration of simplified, expeditious and effective procedures;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 22
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- 9. Also calls upon States to ensure free birth registration, including free or low- fee late birth registration, by means of universal, accessible, simple, expeditious and effective registration procedures, without discrimination of any kind;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 18
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- 5. Calls upon States to establish or strengthen existing institutions at all levels responsible for birth registration and to consider the development of comprehensive civil registration systems, and the preservation and security of such records, to ensure adequate training for registration officers, to allocate sufficient and adequate human, technical and financial resources to fulfil their mandate, and to increase, as needed, the accessibility of birth registration facilities within its territory and, in accordance with relevant international law, abroad, either by increasing the number or through other means, such as mobile birth registration officials in rural areas, paying attention to the local community level, promoting community awareness and working to address the barriers faced by vulnerable groups, such as persons with disabilities, in their access to birth registration;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Persons with disabilities
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), para. 10
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- Recognizing the importance of birth registration, including late birth registration and provision of documents of proof of birth, as a means of providing an official record of the existence of a person and the recognition of that individual as a person before the law, and as a critical means of preventing statelessness,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Infants
- Date modified
- Mar 4, 2020
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