The right to an identity: birth registration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract
A disturbing token of child and adolescent vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean is that so many are deprived of any legal identity by failure to report their birth. This bars them from exercising basic citizen rights and can hinder their access to productive employment, social benefits and the justice system and deny them recognition as full citizens and the right to well-being, capacity development and political participation.
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Challenges: Newsletter on progress towards the Millenium Development Goals from a child rights perspective No. 13ECLAC Subtopics
CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE ; SOCIAL RIGHTSUnited Nations Subtopics
CHILDREN ; ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ; RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ; BIRTH RECORDSCountry / Region
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANCollections
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