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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
[United Nations]Civil registration is a basic human right, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 6, "Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law."
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
[United Nations Children's Fund]Civil registration is supported by The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
[United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women]Civil registration is supported by The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ]Civil registration is supported by The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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The Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ]Civil registration is supported by The Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
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The Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
[United Nations Refugee Agency]Civil registration is supported by The Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.
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The Conventions Against Transnational and Organized Crime
[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]Civil registration is supported by The Conventions Against Transnational and Organized Crime.
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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
[United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs]Civil registration is supported by The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
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Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-122
This publication provides in-depth information on user identification and authentication procedures.
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Glossary of Key Information Security Terms
[National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce]This glossary provides a central resource of terms and definitions most commonly used in National Institute of Standard and Technology information security publications.
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Journal of Cybersecurity
[Oxford Academic]This journal publishes accessible articles describing original research in the inherently interdisciplinary world of computer, systems, and information security.
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Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, NISTIR 7298 Revision 2
This document explains the importance of protecting the confidentiality of personally identifiable information (PII) in the context of information security.
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Important Steps to Improve CRVS Systems
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Discover the steps to building high-functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems in this interview with World Bank expert, Samuel Mills. -
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How the Global Financing Facility Supports CRVS System Strengthening
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Learn how the Global Financing Facility supports efforts to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics systems from Maletela Tuoane-Nkhasi, Global Financing Facility Secretariat. -
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APAI-CRVS Assessment Guidelines and Tools
[Africa Programme for Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics]The tool and guidelines have been prepared both in English and in French to assist countries in undertaking an assessment of their civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems.
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Training Course on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems: Instructor's Manual
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]This course provides information to epidemiologists, statisticians, demographers, and other public health workers about vital statistics data gathered from a national civil registration system.
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Training Course on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems: Participant's Notes
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]This course provides information to epidemiologists, statisticians, demographers, and other public health workers about vital statistics data gathered from a national civil registration system.
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CRVS Digitalization Guidebook
[Africa Programme for Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics]This guidebook responds to the need expressed by countries in Africa to develop effective, scalable, and sustainable CRVS systems and to maximize the impact of ICT investments.
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Handbook for Registration: Procedures and Standards for Registration, Population Data Management and Documentation
[United Nations Refugee Agency]This handbook offers information on how to set up registration activities for refugees and asylum-seekers, what data should be collected, and how to manage and protect the information gathered.
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Handbook of Vital Statistics Systems and Methods, Volume 1: Legal, Organizational and Technical Aspects
[United Nations Statistics Division]This handbook offers the historical evolution of civil registration and vital statistics.
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CRVS eLearning
[World Bank Group]This eLearning course is a comprehensive self-learning tool.
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Toward Universal Birth Registration: A Systemic Approach to the Application of ICT
[Inter-American Development Bank and United Nations Children's Fund]This publication provides a checklist for the legal, administrative, and technological requirements for the use of information and communications technology (ICT) for birth registration. -
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Rapid Assessment of National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems
[World Health Organization]This tool helps to quickly evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a current CRVS system before undertaking a detailed CRVS review.
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Strengthening Civil Registration and Vital Statistics for Births, Deaths and Causes of Death: Resource Kit
[World Health Organization]This book offers a resource kit for improving civil registration and vital statistics to improve capabilities to measure development progress.
Our Resource Library provides access to curated resources related to CRVS systems, including research, tools, publications, CRVS eLearning course, our Expert Talks video series, and a glossary of terms and definitions.
A CRVS system is one that connects relevant data from the civil registry and the health information system for the purpose of producing vital statistics. In order to function well, CRVS systems depend on common elements. These are featured under a unique section of our library. Examples include resources that focus on training, assessments and evaluations, identity management, data security and privacy, information and communications technology, and more.