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Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Arabic-speaking countriesMuscat, Oman, 14 - 17 November 2016

Civil Registration Process: Place, Time, Cost, Late Registration

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SESSION 4. CIVIL REGISTRATION AS SOURCE

OF VITAL STATISTICS

UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISIONWorkshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics

System, Revision 3 for Arabic‐speaking countries

Muscat, Oman, 14 ‐ 17 November 2016


Civil registration

Civil registration as a source of vital statisticsPrinciples and Recommendations, para 279-299


Civil registration method and system

Definition Civil registration is Continuous Permanent Compulsory Universal Recording of the occurrence and characteristics of vital events pertaining to the

population As provided through law, decree or regulation in accordance with the legal requirements

of the country

Primary purpose – establishing documents provided by law Secondary purpose – ideal source of vital statistics



Civil registration method Refers to the procedure employed in gathering the basic information on the incidence

and characteristics of vital events that occur in the population of the country Upon which the preparation of vital records with legal value And the production of vital statistics is based Mandated by law

Civil registration system Institutional, legal and technical settings needed for the performance of civil registration

functions in a technical, sound, coordinated and standardized manner Functions include

Recording vital events Storing, safekeeping and retrieval of vital records Protection of confidentiality Issuing certificates and other customer service Reporting information on vital events for statistical purposes Providing information to other government agencies, such as ministry of health, population

registers, pension funds systems, electoral services, personal identification services etc.



Fundamental role of the civil registration system Provision of legal instruments to individuals Facts relating to existence Identity Civil status Family status

Legal and protective function Legal identity Human rights

Directly linked to registration, such as the right to be registered and to have a name, as per Article 7 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child

Derived from the fact that the person is registered, such as the right to vote, pursuant to article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Administrative advantages Access to services

Statistical advantages


Vital events

Births Deaths Foetal deaths

Marriages Divorces

Annulments Judicial separations Adoptions Legitimations Recognitions


Legal framework - components

Proof of registration Authorizing officials to issue documents certifying the facts of registration

Statistical reports Specify the agency where statistical forms need to be sent Deadlines for submitting statistical forms Cooperation and division of labor

Inspection and penalties Oversight procedures and authority Penalties

Funding Designates source of funding Funding procedures


Naissances

Décès

Morts fœtales

Mariages

Divorces

AnnulationsSéparations de corps

Adoptions

Légitimations

Reconnaissances

Health services

Certification ofcause of death

Authorizedinstitutions

Courts

Judicialinstitutions

Civil Registration, including population registers

Principles:

1.Compulsory2.Universal3.Continuous4.Confidentiality

VitalStatistics

CompilationProcessingValidationQuality controlDissemination

Complementary/Interim sources

Population censusSurveysSample registrationareas

Additionaladministrativesources

CoronaryPoliceRegistriesHealth recordsNational IDs’

Electoral listsPassports…


Civil registration principles

Compulsory Registration of a vital event is compulsory by law Hence the importance of the legal framework Consequences for not complying with the law, yet Better to relay on incentives rather than penalties

Universal Applies to the whole territory To all the population To all citizens aboard

Continuous and permanent Existence of a civil service agency

Confidential Integrity of individual information and its protection from misuse Limited only by the need to certify individual information


Civil registration and SDG’s

Sustainable development goals



16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration

Indicator 16.19.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age



17.19 By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

Indicator 17.19.2 Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration


Concluding remarks

Civil registration apparatus is government operated Oriented to provide individual services Legal protection Human rights Legal proof of civil status Access to services Production of vital statistics

Civil registration method Registration procedures and protocols

Civil registration system Entity in charge of implementing the method

Principles Compulsory Universal Continuous and permanent Confidential

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