Argentina

Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination

In Argentina, Indigenous peoples face difficulty registering their children with Indigenous names and are often turned away by civil registrars. Argentina has an official list of names that parents can choose for their children, with some regulatory caveats. The right for Indigenous parents to name their children with Indigenous names has been legally protected as of 1984. However, parents are still illegally turned away by registrars if they attempt to give their children names not on the official list. Parents then must go through additional procedures in order to register their children with Indigenous names. The CRC (2024) has expressed concerns over insufficient timely registration in rural and Indigenous areas. The Committee (2018, 2024) has issued recommendations to improve detection of unregistered children and ensure access to registry offices or mobile units for Indigenous communities.

Promising Practices

In 2017 the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recognized that Argentina had supported late birth registration for those up to age 12, especially for Indigenous peoples. The country has also utilized mobile registration units in Indigenous communities to increase birth registration access.