The Human Rights Guide to the Sustainable Development Goals

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Goal	Target	Instrument	Article / Description
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights	15.1 Everyone has the right to a nationality.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	24.2 Every child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have a name.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	24.3 Every child has the right to acquire a nationality.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	5 In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid down in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of the following rights: 5.d Other civil rights, in particular: 5.d.iii The right to nationality;
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child	7.1 The child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and. as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child	CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child	7.2 States Parties shall ensure the implementation of these rights in accordance with their national law and their obligations under the relevant international instruments in this field, in particular where the child would otherwise be stateless.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women	9.1 States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality. They shall ensure in particular that neither marriage to an alien nor change of nationality by the husband during marriage shall automatically change the nationality of the wife, render her stateless or force upon her the nationality of the husband.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age		CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women	9.2 States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men with respect to the nationality of their children.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	18.1 States Parties shall recognize the rights of persons with disabilities to liberty of movement, to freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality, on an equal basis with others, including by ensuring that persons with disabilities: 18.1.a Have the right to acquire and change a nationality and are not deprived of their nationality arbitrarily or on the basis of disability;
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age		CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	18.1 States Parties shall recognize the rights of persons with disabilities to liberty of movement, to freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality, on an equal basis with others, including by ensuring that persons with disabilities: 18.1.b Are not deprived, on the basis of disability, of their ability to obtain, possess and utilize documentation of their nationality or other documentation of identification, or to utilize relevant processes such as immigration proceedings, that may be needed to facilitate exercise of the right to liberty of movement;
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age		CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	18.2 Children with disabilities shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by their parents.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	UNDRIP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples	6 Every indigenous individual has the right to a nationality.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age		UNDRIP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples	33.1 Indigenous peoples have the right to determine their own identity or membership in accordance with their customs and traditions. This does not impair the right of indigenous individuals to obtain citizenship of the States in which they live.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	European Framework Convention on Minorities Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities	4.2 The Parties undertake to adopt, where necessary, adequate measures in order to promote, in all areas of economic, social, political and cultural life, full and effective equality between persons belonging to a national minority and those belonging to the majority. In this respect, they shall take due account of the specific conditions of the persons belonging to national minorities.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age		European Framework Convention on Minorities Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities	11.1 The Parties undertake to recognise that every person belonging to a national minority has the right to use his or her surname (patronym) and first names in the minority language and the right to official recognition of them, according to modalities provided for in their legal system.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	ADRDM American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man	XVII Every person has the right to be recognized everywhere as a person having rights and obligations, and to enjoy the basic civil rights.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	ADRDM American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man	ADRDM American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man	XIX Every person has the right to the nationality to which he is entitled by law and to change it, if he so wishes, for the nationality of any other country that is willing to grant it to him.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	ACHR American Convention on Human Rights	3 Every person has the right to recognition as a person before the law.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age		ACHR American Convention on Human Rights	18 Every person has the right to a given name and to the surnames of his parents or that of one of them. The law shall regulate the manner in which this right shall be ensured for all, by the use of assumed names if necessary.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age		ACHR American Convention on Human Rights	20.1 Every person has the right to a nationality.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age		ACHR American Convention on Human Rights	20.2 Every person has the right to the nationality of the state in whose territory he was born if he does not have the right to any other nationality.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age		ACHR American Convention on Human Rights	20.3 No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality or of the right to change it.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	ACHPR African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights	3.1 Every individual shall be equal before the law.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	ACHPR African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights	ACHPR African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights	5 Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition of his legal status. All forms of exploitation and degradation of man particularly slavery, slave trade, torture, cruel, inhuman of degrading punishment and treatment shall be prohibited.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	ACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child	6.2 Every child shall be registered immediately after birth
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age		ACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child	6.3 Every child has the right to acquire a nationality. State Parties to the present Charter shall undertake to ensure that their Constitutional legislation recognize the principles according to which a child shall acquire the nationality of the State in the territory of which he has been born if, at the time of the child’s birth he is not granted nationality by any other State in accordance with its laws.
		Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.	16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Indicators 16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age	Maputo Protocol Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa	3.1 Every woman shall have the right to dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition and protection of her human and legal rights.

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