1 Introduction Birth registration is defined as the ‘official recording of a child’s birth by the State’. It is also a lasting and official record of a child’s existence, which usually include the ‘name of the child, date and place of birth, as well as, where possible, the name, age or date of birth, place of usual residence and nationality of both parents.’ Birth registration is an internationally recognised fundamental right, it is recognised under Article 24 of the International Covenant on Civil and…