A/HRC/33/22 notable example, Plan International recently published an assessment of the child rights implications of non-registration,39 and has birth registration programmes in a total of 34 country offices, including several digital birth registration programmes. Plan International is also a core member of the Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics partnership initiative, and led the partnership in its development of a civil registration and vital statistics digitization guidebook.40 Further to this, Plan International provides guidance to identify and address risks to children in digitized birth registration systems, and is a member of the regional steering group for civil registration and vital statistics in Asia and the Pacific. 51. In order to support relevant work by partners and civil society, OHCHR has undertaken a broad range of communications, public engagement and outreach activities. For example, it has published interactive dashboards and world maps online to increase the visibility of the ratification of human rights obligations, and initiated programmes to strengthen the capacity of national stakeholders to make use of human rights indicators.41 In order to strengthen the capacity of United Nations country teams to use human rights indicators, a joint policy statement and guidance were issued in partnership with the United Nations Development Group. Further to this, in 2015 OHCHR trained approximately 400 representatives of Governments, national human rights institutions, statistical organizations, civil society organizations, and United Nations and other international organizations on the development and use of human rights indicators. V. Conclusions and recommendations 52. All children have a right to birth registration, which should be fulfilled through the development of comprehensive, well-functioning systems for civil registration and vital statistics. This is essential for the realization and monitoring of associated human rights, as well as commitments under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Yet, millions of people continue to be born and die without leaving a trace in civil registration systems, and therefore remain uncounted in vital statistics and invisible in development strategies. 53. The implementation of birth registration is varied and characterized by disparities between regions and population groups. There is concerning evidence that those who are unregistered continue to be children from the most marginalized population groups, and those living in situations of vulnerability. The registration of deaths is even further behind, in spite of its importance for monitoring the realization of human rights and progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. 54. In order to strengthen global efforts to achieve universal birth registration and vital statistics development, a human rights approach to implementation and monitoring is essential. This requires the prioritization of strategies to achieve universality and non-discrimination in the implementation of civil registration programmes, and a human rights approach to data and monitoring. The present report identifies the following recommendations in these areas: (a) Birth registration, certification and the registration of other vital events must be made accessible to all, without discrimination of any kind, through special 39 40 41 Kara Apland and others, “Birth registration and children’s rights: a complex story” (Plan International, 2014). www.crvs-dgb.org. http://indicators.ohchr.org. 17