Unfortunately, although the adoption of the Law on Free Legal Aid has been announced for years, it he has not entered yet the parliamentary procedure. CONCLUSION Finally, it can be noted that in 2016 there have been no significant changes in the field of exercising the right to registration into birth registry books, citizenship and permanent residence registration. As can be seen, most problems identified in the previous years occurred also in 2016. However, regardless of the unlawful actions observed in a significant number of cases, the general impression is that, compared to the previous years, there has been some improvement in the work of administrative bodies and courts, and that the problems in the procedures are less common. However, if we take into consideration that certain problems are repeated from year to year, and that the number of irregularities have not been significantly reduced by the positions of second-instance authorities and courts, training events organised for the employees of administrative authorities or the reports pointing to the violation of the law, the improvement cannot be assessed as sufficient and the situation cannot be deemed satisfactory. Therefore, we have to reiterate the need for standardising the practice of all authorities in the future and ensuring strict compliance with the regulations and principles of good governance in all individual cases and before all authorities. It is undoubtedly very positive that the number of legally invisible persons decreased, but it is disconcerting that Praxis has been repeatedly addressed by new people for whom it is necessary to conduct the procedures of registration into birth registry books. This year in particular there have been an increased number of returnees from abroad whose children were born out of Serbia, but were not registered in the civil registry books in our country. In these cases it is often necessary to undertake certain actions abroad, which significantly complicates and prolongs the procedure. Hopefully, in the upcoming period we will be able to gain a more comprehensive insight into the issues that will be encountered in these procedures. The provisions of the Law on General Administrative Procedure that emphasise the obligation of authorities to obtain ex officio the information kept in official records have been implemented since this year. Unfortunately, the research conducted by Praxis on the implementation of these provisions has shown that the implementation of new legal provisions is accompanied by numerous problems and that a smaller number of authorities fulfil their obligation in the way they should. The most important novelty in 2016 is the announced introduction of the electronic birth registration system, which could finally solve the systemic problem to which we have pointed for years. The problem consists in the impossibility of registration at birth of children whose mothers have no personal documents, which is the direct cause of the emergence of new legally invisible persons. However, the regulations that prevent the birth registration of children whose mothers do not have documents remain in force and Praxis appeals for removing this barrier as soon as possible, ensuring regulatory conditions for registration of every child into birth registry books immediately after birth, regardless of the status of their parents, thus eliminating one of the most common reasons for the risk of statelessness. 29