CRC Concluding Observations: Rwanda, 2020
Published: 28/Feb/2020
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Rwanda
CRC/C/RWA/CO/5-6
Birth registration
18. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Committee notes with appreciation the introduction of e-registration in health facilities and recommends that the State party:
(a) Continue its efforts to promote the timely registration of births, including by implementing e-registration in all health facilities and mobile registration campaigns throughout the country and raising awareness among the general public of the new e-registration system and of the importance of birth registration;
(b) Ensure effective coordination between health facilities, civil registrars and notary officers , the digitalization without fees of the registrations of children who were born prior to the availability of e-registration and that all registered children receive birth certificates .