WUNRN
VITAL IMPORTANCE OF REGISTRATION OF CHILDREN BORN TO
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PARENTS – IDP’S
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“Despite the international obligation to record the births of all children who fall under the jurisdiction of a state, worldwide nearly 230 million children under the age of five have not been registered for a wide range of reasons, from social and cultural to legal and logistical.1 Many are born to parents who have fled conflict, violence and natural hazards. Displaced parents often have the same reasons for not registering the birth of their children as their counterparts in the general population, but in many cases they also face additional challenges specific to their displacement. They may have been displaced to areas under the control of non-state armed groups (NSAGs), where government registration no longer takes place; they may be legally required to start the process in their place of residence, or where the birth took place; they may have to submit civil documentation lost in the course of their displacement; or the registration procedure in their area of refuge may be in a language they do not speak.”
