{"id":12876,"date":"2017-04-09T16:44:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T16:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/?p=12876"},"modified":"2017-04-10T16:47:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T16:47:42","slug":"human-rights-commission-to-probe-birth-certificates-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/fr\/human-rights-commission-to-probe-birth-certificates-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Commission to probe birth certificates in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cape Town \u2013 The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is to review why children born in South Africa to foreign parents are not automatically awarded citizenship by the Department of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n

Advocate Priscilla Jana, deputy chairperson of the SAHRC, said she been unaware that unabridged birth certificates were not issued to children born to foreign parents. \u201cWe will look into this matter,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Department of Home Affairs (DHA) spokesperson Thabo Mokgola said the department\u2019s policy was that \u201cfor record purposes\u2026 a notice of birth\u201d would be issued instead. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cape Town attorney Joy van der Heyde said she had filed nine notices against DHA in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town. They related to the department\u2019s alleged refusal to issue unabridged birth certificates to foreign parents. <\/span><\/p>\n

In another matter, Van der Heyde accused the department of failing to issue an unabridged birth certificate to a refugee whose daughter was born in the country. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe assumption that if a child is born in this country, they automatically get citizenship, irrespective of whether their parents are foreign or not, is false,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA notice of birth is issued by the hospital, this is not an identity document on which the child can be registered at school or obtain social grants. This notice, therefore, does not assist the child in being able to enforce his or her rights,\u201d Van der Heyde pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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