UN committee finds Albania violated Roma children’s rights by denying birth registration

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UN committee finds Albania violated Roma children’s rights by denying birth registration

The UN Human Rights Committee found on Thursday that Albania violated the rights of three Roma children by failing to register their births, leaving them without legal recognition and at risk of statelessness. The three children, born in Greece to Albanian parents, could not be properly registered because the parents lacked residency status. At the time, the parents were only provided with documents attesting to the births. Parents without a leg…