Morocco
Marital status discrimination
The CRC noted in 2014 that in Morocco, unmarried mothers could transmit their names to…
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Morocco
Hospital documentation practices
In Morocco, to get a birth certificate parents must pay hospital fees and present both…
Morocco
Harmful social stigma through bureaucratic practice
In Morocco, if the parents cannot produce a marriage certificate, some registrars have come up…
Morocco
Administrative blockage for children of mixed status parents
For migrants in Morocco, both the legal and marital status of one or more parents…
Morocco
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
In Morocco, civil registrars have disallowed birth registration of Amazigh names. A 2022 submission to…
Morocco
Born in transit
In Morocco, migrants face obstacles to birth registration in the form of high documentary requirements….
Morocco
Deficient consular civil registration services
In Morocco, migrant and refugee parents face many difficulties accessing their own consular authorities to…
Morocco
Temporary identity, migration management, and statelessness solutions
Morocco’s temporary migration management schemes have been limited in terms of their impact on migrant…
Namibia
Ad hoc documentation for children of non-resident mothers
In Namibia, women determined not to be ‘ordinarily resident,’ namely Angolan women, are currently issued…
Namibia
Civil registrar discretion
In Namibia, some civil registrars refuse to issue birth certificates to single mothers. Birth registration…
Namibia
Politicized birth registration practices as part of conflict / contests over territory
In Namibia, the Caprivi Strip is one of the regions with the lowest levels of…
Namibia
Harmful social stigma through bureaucratic practice
In Namibia, a deterrent to registering children of single mothers can be stigma, and in…