Hosted in Geneva by Paix pour l’Enfance International founded by former child soldier Junior Nzita Nsuami – the world summit on children affected by armed conflict focused on access to justice and effective remedies. With leading experts including the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children...

On 28 September, the Identity Rights Working Group and Global Alliance to End Statelessness held its second informal consultation on optimising UN mechanisms to better preserve the child’s right to identity.  Children’s identity rights are already protected across the CRC, the statelessness conventions,...

The side-event was organised in the margins of the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council bringing together governments, UN actors and practitioners to look at how health, education, social protection, civil registration and identity systems can work together to...

Child Identity Protection (CHIP) has now published and launched its report on preserving family relations as an essential feature of children’s rights to identity in the Americas. This publication provides a regional complement to CHIP’s 2022 flagship publication, as it...

Child Identity Protection (CHIP) is pleased to share the inputs it submitted to inform the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants to be presented to the General Assembly. Its submission focuses on children’s rights to...

Launched by UNICEF in collaboration with Child Identity Protection (CHIP), this practical guide showcases how the health sector plays a vital role in advancing birth and death registration. The guide among other things highlights the different options for service integration...

UNICEF in partnership with Child Identity Protection (CHIP) has launched the world’s first-ever Operational Guide on how to use schools – one of the largest decentralised public infrastructures – to clear the backlog of unregistered older children, including those who are out...

Hosted by the Identity Rights Working Group and Global Alliance to End Statelessness, leading identity focused organisations working with representatives of multiple UN treaty bodies and Permanent Missions met to co-create initiatives that will pool resources and expertise. High level...