New born babyHormozgan province, in the south of Iran, is one of the most deprived areas of the country. Many people in rural areas work as subsistence farmers or manual labourers and a lot of villages are far away from the nearest town. Because of this, people set deep into the mountains, the people who live in these areas are sometimes deprived of the social services that people in cities take for granted.“I rarely go to the nearest town because there are very few cars that go there,” says Maryam Dehghani, a 29-year-old mother of two, as she breastfeeds her newborn child. “It’s so far away and we don’t have the money to pay for a taxi.” Twenty days after her daughter was born, Maryam had still not registered the birth, despite a national law that requires her to do so within 15 days. She would have done it, but couldn’t because of the long distance she would need to travel. So instead, provincial birth registration officials came to her. Mobile teams, with the support of UNICEF, are helping parents like Maryam around the country to register the births of their children. Without official records, children officially do not exist. This makes it difficult for them to register in school, get health care or be protected from underage marriages and underage recruitment into military service. WHICH RIGHT IS AT THE CENTRE OF THIS CASE? a) The right to be cared for by both your parents b) The right to protection as a refugee c) The right to reliable information d) The right to a legally registered name and nationality The asnwer is D You have rights to be officially registered and recognized, and to be looked after properly. Your birth should be registered with a local government agency without delay and you have the right to a legally registered name and nationality. Governments must respect your right to preserve your identity, nationality and family relations. (7, 8)
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