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The Convention on the Rights of the Child incorporated to the National Constitution under
the 1994 Amendment (art. 75 par.22) states in its Article 7 that “The child shall be registered
immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a
nationality and, as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents”. On
the other hand, article 8 states that “States Parties undertake to respect the right of the child to
preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations (…)”. 3
In our internal law, Law N° 26.061 for the integral protection of the rights of girls, boys and
adolescents rules under Article 11 that “Girls, boys and adolescents shall have the right to a
name, a nationality, their mother tongue, to know who their parents are, and to preserve family
relations in accomplishment of the law, the culture of the place of origin and to preserve their
identity and idiosyncrasy, with the exception of the provisions of the articles 327 and 328 of the
Civil Code”. 4
Girls and Boys present a series of difficulties when they do not have an identity document. A
child with no identification document does not have full access to the protection that public
powers have the obligation to provide to every individual. The child is confined to a world with
no opportunities to have access to the juridical, legal and social protection system in a country
if the State does not protect him or her or does not recognize his or her rights.
Although it is true that this corresponds to a management decision in the interior policy, as
it has already been mentioned, it is inserted in the foreign policy to pursue the attainment of
the commitments subscribed in the “World Summit and Millennium Development”, as it is the
“World Status of Infancy” where statistics pose that millions of children are denied their basic
rights to identity, quality education, health, protection from abuse and labour exploitation.
But children are not only in our political agenda but also in our health agenda.
Health
In the “XII Ibero American Conference of Ministers of Health”, held on December 3 and 4, 2010 in
the City of Mar del Plata, it was decided to foster an integrated agenda on health and education
for social inclusion and it was agreed to implement joint actions to promote human resources
training. 5
The sanitary information system is one of the essential basis of the activities in public health.
A few developing countries have effective systems although knowledge is boosted by the new
communications and information tools. There is a considerable and evident gap between what
those who plan sanitary policies know and what it is necessary to know to improve health
projects. Needless to say those among the necessary issues to be considered are patient´s
identification, medical records and confidentiality of their identity and associated data.
Difficulties are not only due to financial constraints. In this area, measurement is a conceptual
3 La CDN y el derecho a la identidad: http://www.unicef.es/infancia/derechos-del-nino/convencion-derechos-nino
4 Ley 26061: http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/110000-114999/110778/norma.htm
5 http://www.xxcumbreiberoamericana.mrecic.gov.ar/
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