Publications
Principles and Recommendations
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| Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Rev.3 |
Handbooks
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| Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance, Rev. 1 | PDF (English) PDF (French) PDF (Russian) PDF (Spanish) |
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| Handbook on Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems: Communication for Development |
PDF (English) PDF (French) PDF (Spanish) |
Guidelines
| Title | Document Link | |
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| United Nations Legal Identity Agenda Task Force Guidelines: Maintaining Civil Registration and Vital Statistics during the COVID-19 Pandemic (living document, to be updated)
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PDF (English)
PDF (French) |
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| Guidelines on the Legislative Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management | PDF (English) PDF (French) PDF (Spanish) |
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| Implementation of the United Nations Legal Identity Agenda: United Nations Country Team Operational Guidelines |
PDF (English)
PDF (French) |
Papers
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| The UN Legal Identity Agenda (UNLIA) advocates for a holistic and lifecycle-oriented approach, wherein a new legal identity is incorporated into the identity
system upon birth registration and is subsequently retired from the system upon the individual's death following death registration. This case
study reports on six countries - Bangladesh, Bhutan, Colombia, Kenya, Namibia and Rwanda - that have conceived, established and operationalized Civil
Registration, Vital Statistics, and Identity (CRVSID) systems or significant components thereof. These case studies will transcend the examination of
the current functionalities of these systems and the supportive ecosystem that facilitates their implementation and will delve deeply into the evolutionary
journey that enabled these countries to intertwine their CRVS and ID systems. |
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| Bangladesh Case study - The UN Legal Identity Agenda (UNLIA) advocates for a holistic and lifecycle-oriented approach, wherein a new legal identity is
incorporated into the identity system upon birth registration and is subsequently retired from the system upon the individual's death following death
registration. |
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| Bhutan Case study - The UN Legal Identity Agenda (UNLIA) advocates for a holistic and lifecycle-oriented approach, wherein a new legal identity is
incorporated into the identity system upon birth registration and is subsequently retired from the system upon the individual's death following death
registration. |
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| Colombia Case study - The UN Legal Identity Agenda (UNLIA) advocates for a holistic and lifecycle-oriented approach, wherein a new legal identity is
incorporated into the identity system upon birth registration and is subsequently retired from the system upon the individual's death following death
registration. |
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| Kenya Case study - The UN Legal Identity Agenda (UNLIA) advocates for a holistic and lifecycle-oriented approach, wherein a new legal identity is
incorporated into the identity system upon birth registration and is subsequently retired from the system upon the individual's death following death
registration. |
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| Namibia Case study - The UN Legal Identity Agenda (UNLIA) advocates for a holistic and lifecycle-oriented approach, wherein a new legal identity is
incorporated into the identity system upon birth registration and is subsequently retired from the system upon the individual's death following death
registration. |
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| Rwanda Case study - The UN Legal Identity Agenda (UNLIA) advocates for a holistic and lifecycle-oriented approach, wherein a new legal identity is
incorporated into the identity system upon birth registration and is subsequently retired from the system upon the individual's death following death
registration. |
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| CRVS platforms - Key Findings for Practitioners |
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| Compendium of data protection and privacy policies and other related guidance within the United Nations organization and other selected bodies of the international community |
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| Free Movement Zones: Guide for issuance and border management |
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| Knowledge Series 1 Population registers: Definitions and conceptual framework |
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| Civil registration: Maintaining international standards in emergencies This is a preview of the draft paper. The final version will be published by the Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems at International Development Research Centre in their forthcoming Compendium of CRVS in Conflict and Emergencies. |
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| Impact of COVID-19 on registered numbers of deaths: An example of excess deaths | ||
| Paper for the Fifth Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration United Nations Legal Identity Agenda: fulfilling the promise to leave no one behind | ||
| Guidance to UNDP Country Offices on the privacy, data protection and broader human rights dimensions of using digital technologies to combat Covid-19 | ||
| United Nations Strategy for Legal Identity for All (Draft) |