CHIP thanks the European Law Institute (ELI) which has allowed CHIP, as an observer, to participate in meetings and give inputs regarding their position paper on the Private International Law on Filiation and the European Commission’s Proposal COM/2022/695 final. In...

The CHIP team has had the privilege of supporting Cameroon actors through their innovative strategies to ensure that every child has a legal identity – at birth and through catch-up birth registration work – in line with their international commitments. ...

#UNICEFCameroon with Ministry of Decentralization and Local Development (#Minddevel) organised first ever Mayor’s conference on birth registration. Over 600 participants including 360 mayors united with one common goal : to promote universal birth registration and tackle the backlog of millions...

In alignment with organisational targets at global, continental and regional levels, and an overall child rights approach to the work, the UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa has placed the achievement of universal birth registration as one of...

Through its collaboration with UNICEF Senegal, the Ministry of National Education and other key stakeholders, Child Identity Protection (CHIP) is currently working on a project to strengthen the civil registration system and improve the process of obtaining birth certificates for...

Following a request by the Justice Committee’s House of Representatives in Belgium (la Commission de la Justice de la Chambre des représentants), Child Identity Protection (CHIP) had the privilege of providing its opinion on the compatibility of proposed legislative reforms...

In the framework of a diploma offered by Mexico’s Supreme Court, Child Identity Protection (CHIP) led a module on identity and family relations in adoption and assisted reproductive technologies. This is the third time that CHIP has led this session,...

Child Identity Protection (CHIP) through its Executive Director was privileged to provide an expert view on the hearing on “Abusive practices on depriving children from their family environment” to held by Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development within...

Actors involved in the current reforms related to the Bill have requested the opinion of Child Identity Protection (CHIP) on balancing the different rights at stake in the context of confidential hospital births. The legal opinion of CHIP has benefited...

CHIP had the honour of speaking with the committee on the law proposed by Mme Valerie Van Peel establishing an Institute that specifically conserves information about donors, including national registration number. CHIP welcomes the global direction of the law as...