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Protecting the identity and other rights of children born in 'foreign lands' to irregular migrant parents

Children born in foreign territories to parents who are non-nationals are being deprived of the right to nationality, which in turn affects them from exercising other rights which are articulated in human rights instruments. When their births are not registered it means that they do not have birth c...

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Main Author: Madamombe, Patience Ratidzo
Other Authors: Manjoo, Rashida
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Public Law 2015
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description Children born in foreign territories to parents who are non-nationals are being deprived of the right to nationality, which in turn affects them from exercising other rights which are articulated in human rights instruments. When their births are not registered it means that they do not have birth certificates and in future they will be unable to acquire documents like identity documents and passports. Sometimes even if their births are registered, it is difficult for them to enjoy the other rights because national laws do not accommodate them. Even though all children's rights should be equally protected, this research will focus on children born to at least one parent who is an irregular migrant, and will analyse how this affects their access to the rights to education and health.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/15205 Protecting the identity and other rights of children born in 'foreign lands' to irregular migrant parents Madamombe, Patience Ratidzo Manjoo, Rashida Human Rights Law Children born in foreign territories to parents who are non-nationals are being deprived of the right to nationality, which in turn affects them from exercising other rights which are articulated in human rights instruments. When their births are not registered it means that they do not have birth certificates and in future they will be unable to acquire documents like identity documents and passports. Sometimes even if their births are registered, it is difficult for them to enjoy the other rights because national laws do not accommodate them. Even though all children's rights should be equally protected, this research will focus on children born to at least one parent who is an irregular migrant, and will analyse how this affects their access to the rights to education and health. 2015-11-21T09:39:27Z 2015-11-21T09:39:27Z 2015 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15205 eng application/pdf Department of Public Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Human Rights Law
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Protecting the identity and other rights of children born in 'foreign lands' to irregular migrant parents
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title Protecting the identity and other rights of children born in 'foreign lands' to irregular migrant parents
title_full Protecting the identity and other rights of children born in 'foreign lands' to irregular migrant parents
title_fullStr Protecting the identity and other rights of children born in 'foreign lands' to irregular migrant parents
title_full_unstemmed Protecting the identity and other rights of children born in 'foreign lands' to irregular migrant parents
title_short Protecting the identity and other rights of children born in 'foreign lands' to irregular migrant parents
title_sort protecting the identity and other rights of children born in foreign lands to irregular migrant parents
topic Human Rights Law
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15205
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