Implementation of Birth Registration Laws in Addis Ababa: Implication for the Realization of the Rights of the Child
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Birth registration a process by which a child birth is recorded in civil registry officially by the
government plays a great role in realizing many rights of the child. Accordingly implementation
of birth registration starts from enacting law and establishing institutions that deal with the task
of registering birth. Many human right treaties like ICCPR,CRC and ACRWC provides birth
registration of every child immediately after birth, the right to name, the right to acquire
nationality and the right to know and be cared by parents. Ethiopia being a party to the United
Nation Convention on the right of the Child has an obligation to develop an effective system of
birth registration to realize the right of the child. Consequently, Ethiopia has enacted laws on
registration of Vital Events. Based on this the researcher has assessed the implementation of
birth registration laws in Addis Ababa and Its implication for the realization of the right of the
child based on qualitative method ,for this purpose interview with 8 person from the concerned
organs, assessment of international and domestic laws is made. Thus the existing theoretical and
practical challenges attached with birth registration are identified. From the practice the
researcher envisaged that birth registration law is not effectively implemented much has yet to be
done to realize the right of the child. Low level of awareness on the existing law, lack of
coordination among organs responsible for implementation, gaps and shortcomings of the law
hampered effective implementation of birth registration.
Key Words:- Birth registration, Birth certificate, Vital Events: Declarants, Universality Non
discrimination, Compulsoriness, Continuity and permanence.
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Birth registration, Birth certificate, Vital Events, Declarants, Universality Non discrimination, Compulsoriness, Continuity and permanence