ISUFI v. SERBIA DECISION to be entered into the birth register. In any event, the Serbian legal framework provided for effective remedies in a situation such as the one faced by the applicant. 16. The applicant contested the Government’s objections and maintained her complaints as outlined above. The ultimate registration of the applicant’s birth could not be considered timely. The applicant also remained a victim within the meaning of the Convention, no acknowledgment of a violation or comprehensive redress having been provided by the Government. In any event, according to the applicant, there was no national legal framework which would have made it possible for children to be registered immediately after birth, and the applicant thus had to effectively use her mother’s surname until this registration eventually happened. 17. The Court notes that Vranje Hospital submitted a birth registration request with the relevant municipal authorities on 4 March 2022 – that is, only one day following the applicant’s birth in that institution (see paragraphs 2 and 3 above). 18. On 21 September 2022 the Bujanovac Social Care Centre formally provided the applicant with a name and a surname, her parents having failed to do so earlier (see paragraph 4 above). 19. On 24 May 2023, some eight months later, the applicant was provided with a personal identification number (JMBG), which constituted the last key requirement for the registration of her birth (see paragraph 8 above; see also Article 45 of the Public Registers Act). Both parties agreed that the birth registration procedure had been completed at that point – that is, somewhat less than 15 months after the applicant’s birth. 20. The birth certificate of 22 January 2024 confirmed the applicant’s relevant personal details, including that she was a Serbian national (see paragraph 9 above). 21. Furthermore, throughout this time the applicant and her mother had been entitled to Serbian public health insurance (see paragraph 11 above). The applicant certainly offered no evidence in the proceedings before the Court to the effect that they had ever faced any practical difficulties in that regard. In addition to that, on 25 May 2023 the Bujanovac Hospital had opened an official “health record” (zdravstveni karton) in the applicant’s own name and, before that, the Vranje Hospital had provided the applicant’s mother with medical care in connection with her pregnancy and delivery (see paragraph 2 above). 22. Importantly, on 20 February 2024 the municipal authorities confirmed that the applicant’s mother had indeed been retroactively paid the child support allowance due to her in accordance with the applicable Serbian legislation (see paragraph 10 above). 23. Furthermore, the Court considers that the circumstances of the present case are clearly distinguishable from the very specific circumstances in G.T.B. v. Spain (no. 3041/19, 16 November 2023). In particular, in that case 4

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