Protection of Refugee Children’s Right in Ethiopia: Appraisal of Legal Frameworks and Application of the Right to Documentation
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2022-01
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Addis Ababa University
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Access to documentation is one of the most basic human rights which allow someone to hold
other rights under the law. It also plays a great role in realizing the several rights of the
child. Accordingly, implementation of documentation starts from enacting the law and
establishing institutions that deal with the task of providing identity, entitlements as well as
civil documentation. Ethiopia, being a party to different international and regional human
rights and specific refugee conventions, must develop an effective system of access to
documentation of refugee children to realize the right of the child. Consequently, Ethiopia
has amended laws on registration of vital events to include foreign nationals including
refugees, and also amended the refugee proclamation. Based on this, the research assessed
the implementation of protection of refugee children’s rights in Ethiopia focusing on an
appraisal of legal frameworks and application of the right to documentation and its
implication for the realization of the right of the refugee child.
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Protection, Refugee, Children’s Right