The United Nations recommends that countries should register and collect information on the following vital events for civil registration and vital statistics purposes birth; death; foetal death; marriage; divorce; annulment; judicial separation; adoption; legitimation (acknowledgement); and recognition (judicial declarations of paternity).
The international recommendation for the high-priority vital events that are to be recorded is live births, marriages, divorces and deaths. The second Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration has also recommended the recording of the four types of events. Therefore, in line with those recommendations, the scope of the civil registration and vital statistics improvement process is set to address live births, marriages, divorces and deaths. Please follow the link to UNICEF’s compilation of the Country CRVS profile.
Participating African Countries
Member States engaged in CRVS and legal identity initiatives across Africa.
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Mauritius
Morocco
Seychelles
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tunisia