refugee taking shelter in Bangladesh.”2& The Registration Act, which came into force in July 2006, requires a birth certificate to be used as proof of age for enrolment in educational facilities.2® On March 9, 2015, Bangladesh began to register the births of registered refugee children born in the camps, including previous unregistered births since 1992, in the Bangladesh Civil Registry.263 Bangladesh had “started the process” with the condition that “the birth certificates would have a seal saying the children were Myanmar citizens,” according to the Ukhiya sub-district officer in Cox’s Bazar, but “the birth registration has been stopped since the latest influx.”264 After August 2017, the authorities suspended the registration of all births in Cox’s Bazar, including for Bangladeshi nationals.26& Since then, the authorities and UN agencies have been “registering” newborn Rohingya children, but these processes were conducted for limited purposes, and have not resulted in the children being given access to a legal identity, as is the case for Bangladeshi children in other districts whose births are registered. In January 2018, for instance, the Bangladesh health minister stated that the Army, UNHCR and the government were registering newborns in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, and that the government was drawing up plans fora vaccination program for Rohingya children. In July 2019, the home minister said that 1,118,576 Rohingya had been biometrically registered, and that a “workstation” was open in Cox’s Bazar to register newborn Rohingya children.27 While the government has collected information about and collaborated with UN agencies to issue biometric identification documents to Rohingya refugees for humanitarian 261 Bangladesh, Act No. 29 of 2004, December 7, 2004, Articles 2(n) and 3, (amended in 2013) available at https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/511b54192.pdf (accessed June 10, 2019). 262 UNICEF, “Bangladesh declares first ever national Birth Registration Day,” July 3, 2007, https://www.unicef.org/media/media_4o0280.html, (accessed June 11, 2019). 263 UNHCR, “UNHCR Submission on Bangladesh: 30th UPR session,” May 2018, p. 2, https://www.refworld.org/docid/5bo81ec94.html (accessed 26 July 2019). 264 Jakia Ahmed, “What happens to Rohingya children born in Bangladesh,” Dhaka Tribune, September 25, 2017, https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/09/25/happens-rohingya-children-born-bangladesh (accessed June 10, 2019). 265 Jakia Ahmed, “What happens to Rohingya children born in Bangladesh,” Dhaka Tribune, September 25, 2017; “Birth registration in Cox’s Bazar to restart soon,” The Business Standard, September 12, 2019, 266 “Registration of births is on in the camps,” New Age, January 21, 2018, http://www.newagebd.net/article/33085/registration-of-birth-on-in-camps (accessed June 12, 2019). 267«Al| Rohingya refugees registered: Minister,” The Daily Star, July 11, 2018, https://www.thedailystar.net/rohingyacrisis/all-rohingya-refugees-registered-minister-1603690 (accessed June 10, 2019). 67 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | DECEMBER 2019