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BIRTH REGISTRATION & RIGHT OF
EVERYONE EVERYWHERE TO RECOGNITION AS A PERSON BEFORE THE LAW - UN REPORT -
WOMEN & CHILDREN
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2014 Report:
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United Nations |
A/HRC/27/22 |
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General Assembly |
Distr.: General 17 June 2014 Original: English |
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Human Rights Council
Twenty-seventh
session
Annual report of the
United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and
reports of the Office
of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
Promotion and protection
of all human rights,
civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law
Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Summary |
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The present report contains an overview of the global rates of birth registration, a universal human right recognized in a number of international instruments. It considers the consequences and impact of non-registration on human rights, particularly since the right to be registered at birth is closely linked to the realization of many other rights, such as the right to health and the right to education. It also analyses the barriers to access to birth registration, provides examples of good practices and makes a number of recommendations to ensure the universal implementation of this right. |
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Contents
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I. Introduction..................................................................................................... 1 – 2 3
II. Birth registration: overview............................................................................. 3 – 7 3
III. International legal framework....................................................................... 8 – 16 4
IV. Impact of non-registration on human rights................................................ 17 – 35 6
A. Right to education................................................................................ 19 – 20 6
B. Right to health...................................................................................... 21 – 22 7
C. Statelessness, nationality and citizenship............................................. 23 – 24 7
D. Child labour.......................................................................................... 25 – 26 8
E. Children in conflict with the law.......................................................... 27 – 28 8
F. Early and forced marriage............................................................................ 29 8
G. Human trafficking................................................................................ 30 – 31 9
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V. Good governance............................................................................... ........ 36 – 43 10
VI. Implementation challenges.......................................................................... 44 – 72 11
A. Political and legal challenges................................................................ 44 – 53 11
B. Information and awareness-raising....................................................... 54 – 55 12
C. Accessibility......................................................................................... 56 – 60 13
D. Costs..................................................................................................... 61 – 62 14
E. Discrimination...................................................................................... 63 – 70 14
F. Registration in emergency situations.................................................... 71 – 72 16
VII. Examples of good practices ........................................................................ 73 – 81 16
VIII. Going forward............................................................................................. 82 – 85 17