Government drafting new civil registration and legal identity laws

In November 2021, Minister of Interior met with the Executive Secretary of ESCAP to discuss his country’s ongoing CRVS development. During the meeting, The Minister highlighted the government’s ongoing efforts on drafting laws on civil registration and identification aiming to ensure that each citizen has a single identity. He acknowledged that legal identity is imperative to serving the daily activities of the Cambodian people. He also noted that Cambodia “has been actively working on this subject and has been enforcing our 2016-2021 strategic plan on civil registration”. Child identity Protection welcomes Cambodia’s efforts to ensure universal birth registration and to guarantee the child’s right to identity .

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