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A Passport to Protection - A guide to birth registration programming

Registering a child’s birth is a critical first step towards safeguarding lifelong protection. Promoting children’s right to birth registration falls clearly within UNICEF’s mandate.

WCC Programmes
01 December 2013
United Nations. UNICEF
Civil rights
Human rights protection
Children's rights
Children

This handbook provides those working on birth registration with the background, general principles and programming process. The guide is divided into three main chapters:

  1. Understanding birth registration in the context of civil registration
  2. Situation analysis: Understanding the programme task
  3. Programming for birth registration in the context of civil registration
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