WHAT ARE THE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES TO RESPECTING IDENTITY RIGHTS?
SPECIFIC CHALLENGES
CRVS systems are currently not set up to ensure the recognition of the child’s legal status across borders. This situation can be further complicated when information about origins has been generated by illicit acts or not stored in perpetuity, that become part of the child’s established identity. Children may, as well as later as adults, report feeling “commodified” in these situations.
In other situations, the child’s original identity may be improperly and even illicitly modified. Identity information may not be preserved and/or accessible. Without proactive efforts by the State to preserve the child’s identity and restore missing elements, the right cannot be implemented.