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New Guidelines for Civil Registration Process: Overview of Annotated Outline

This session provides an overview of the annotated outline of the new guidelines for the civil registration process, including information on place, time, cost, and late registration. It compares the current version of the Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems with the new Guidelines on the Legislative Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics, and Identity Management.

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New Guidelines for Civil Registration Process: Overview of Annotated Outline

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  1. Brisbane Accord Group Session 6. overview of annotated outline of new guidelines Civil Registration Process: Place, Time, Cost, Late Registration UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISION Technical Seminar on Legal Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems Manila, Philippines, 17-19 July 2017 with

  2. Background The current version • Called Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Preparation of a Legal Framework • Issued in 1998 • Still relevant, but: • Evolution of international law and human rights • New principles and recommendations • Contemporary technology • Integration with ID management systems, population registers

  3. Comparison Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Preparation of a Legal Framework Guidelines on the Legislative Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management

  4. Comparison • Original version (Handbook) • The theory of civil registration • Contributions of civil registration to the normal functioning of societies • Human rights and civil registration • The administrative vital statistics system • Example of how to prepare an organic civil registration law • Outline, explanatory statement and articles of the draft organic civil registration law • Preparation of the regulations implementing the civil registration law • New version (Guidelines) Introduction • The theory of civil registration • Civil registration and human rights • Civil registration law

  5. Chapter I – The theory of civil registration • Concept and definitions • Concept of civil status • Sources of civil registration • Principles of civil registration legislation • Legal events and acts • Functions of civil registration • Jurisdictional principles governing civil registration

  6. Chapter II – Civil registration and human rights • Introduction • Right to register vital events • Human rights that depend on the registration of vital events

  7. Chapter III – Civil registration law • Matters of law and matters for the regulations • Content of civil registration law

  8. Guidelines on the Legislative Framework • General comments and discussion • Specific comments and suggestions (by section) • National examples and experiences to be placed throughout the text • UNSD will produce a draft document

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