EXAMPLE OF GOOD PRACTICE: All children born in Bosnia and Herzegovina are entitled to birth registration, but documentation requirements, lack of awareness of procedures and discrimination have created barriers for Roma families. Consequently, many Roma were unable to demonstrate their entitlement to citizenship and were at risk of statelessness. To address this, the Government, UNHCR and civil society, including Roma NGOs and community members identified Roma without documentation, raised awareness of the importance of birth registration and provided legal advice and information. A law change in 2012 allowed parents without documents to register a birth using witness statements and waived administrative fees for minorities and vulnerable individuals. As of June 2017, 53 Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina were known to have undetermined citizenship21. LINKS TO OTHER SDGS: Access to birth registration, civil registration and citizenship can increase access to all levels of education (SDG 4), safe, legal and decent work (SDG 8) and healthcare (SDG3), including for women and girls (SDG5). In turn, this can reduce the proportion of people without citizenship living in poverty (SDG1). Alleviating gender discriminatory law, policy and practice related to citizenship and civil registration is key to gender equality (SDG5). 21 https://www.unhcr.org/ke/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Good-Practices-Paper-on-Ensuring-Birth-Registration-for-thePrevention-of-Statelessness.pdf European Network on Statelessness 8 of 11 May 2019