A/HRC/33/22 Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Birth registration and vital statistics development ........................................................................... 4 A. International legal obligations ................................................................................................. 4 B. Implementation progress.......................................................................................................... 5 A human rights approach to monitoring and implementation of obligations ................................... 6 A. Challenges to implementation ................................................................................................. 6 B. Priorities to support universal registration ............................................................................... 8 C. Role of birth registration and vital statistics in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals ................................................................................................................. 9 Leaving no one behind: a human rights-based approach to monitoring .................................. 11 Stock-taking of relevant activities undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and partners ....................................................................... 13 A. Global guidelines on a human rights-based approach to data and monitoring ........................ 13 B. Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals, targets and indicators ............................... 14 C. Partnership activities ................................................................................................................ 16 Conclusions and recommendations .................................................................................................. 17 III. D. IV. V. 2