Publications
Principles and Recommendations
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| Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Rev.3 |
Handbooks
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| Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance, Rev. 1 | PDF (English) PDF (French) PDF (Russian) PDF (Spanish) |
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| Handbook on Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems: Communication for Development |
PDF (English) PDF (French) PDF (Spanish) |
Guidelines
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| United Nations Legal Identity Agenda Task Force Guidelines: Maintaining Civil Registration and Vital Statistics during the COVID-19 Pandemic (living document, to be updated)
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PDF (English)
PDF (French) |
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| Guidelines on the Legislative Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management | PDF (English) PDF (French) PDF (Spanish) |
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| Implementation of the United Nations Legal Identity Agenda: United Nations Country Team Operational Guidelines |
PDF (English)
PDF (French) |
Papers
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| CRVS platforms - Key Findings for Practitioners |
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| Compendium of data protection and privacy policies and other related guidance within the United Nations organization and other selected bodies of the international community |
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| Free Movement Zones: Guide for issuance and border management |
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| Knowledge Series 1 Population registers: Definitions and conceptual framework |
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| Civil registration: Maintaining international standards in emergencies This is a preview of the draft paper. The final version will be published by the Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems at International Development Research Centre in their forthcoming Compendium of CRVS in Conflict and Emergencies. |
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| Impact of COVID-19 on registered numbers of deaths: An example of excess deaths | ||
| Paper for the Fifth Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration United Nations Legal Identity Agenda: fulfilling the promise to leave no one behind | ||
| Guidance to UNDP Country Offices on the privacy, data protection and broader human rights dimensions of using digital technologies to combat Covid-19 | ||
| United Nations Strategy for Legal Identity for All (Draft) |