CRC Concluding Observations: Eritrea, 2008
Published: 23/Jun/2008
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
CRC/C/ERI/CO/3
Committee on the Rights of the Child, Forty-eighth session
Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention
Concluding observations: Eritrea
Birth registration
The Committee, while noting the reported efforts by the State party to improve the rate of birth registration, is concerned over the lack of adequate institutional structures, especially at the regional and sub-regional level, to ensure birth registration and is still concerned at information indicating that large numbers of children, in particular those of minorities, are neither registered at birth nor at a later stage.
The Committee reiterates its concern from the previous periodic review and urges the State party to strengthen and further develop measures to ensure that all children born within the national territory, including those of minorities and living in remote areas, are registered. Furthermore, the Committee urges the State party to create institutional structures at all levels that are accessible and free in order to implement effective birth registration, e.g. by introducing mobile units, especially in rural and remote areas and internally displaced persons and refugee camps. The Committee recommends the State party to seek technical assistance from UNICEF for the implementation of these recommendations.
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