issues by allowing statements from competent officials (police, guardianship authority etc.) to be presented to confirm identity and facilitate registration. However, registration may be delayed in the case of marriages concluded abroad without transcription/registration in the Romanian civil register. A birth can only be registered after the marriage has been transcribed in the Romanian civil register.23 22. Children born in Romania to parents without Romanian nationality will automatically be registered as having the same nationality as their parents, without any determination as to whether they have or can acquire that nationality. There is no field for ‘Nationality’ on Romanian birth certificate, but there is a separate section for ‘Mentiuni’ (‘Mentions’, or annotations) where authorities will add information about the country of nationality or statelessness of the child. In practice, this is completed based on the parents’ statements and identity documents.24 23. For children born to Romanian parents outside Romania, the Law on Civil Status sets out a procedure for the issuance of birth certificates and registration of the birth. In practice, for children whose birth was registered abroad, their birth registration must transcribe their civil status documents into Romanian registries. This can be done through a request submitted to the consular authorities where the child was born or through a request for the transcription of foreign civil status certificates in Romania. There have been cases reported in the past of children in some countries facing difficulties to register their births and be recognised as nationals. 24. Romanian law does not include provisions relating to children of same-sex (or otherwise LGBTQI+) parents, and such children may be registered as a child of only one parent, which can increase risks of statelessness.25 25. In the past, children of undocumented mothers/parents, migrants and/or stateless persons with irregular residence status were prevented from registering births in practice, for example due to being unable to provide a passport from their home country. The relevant legal provisions were modified in 2019 so that for parents seeking asylum or beneficiaries of international protection in Romania who do not hold a passport or identity card or stateless persons’ travel document, the phrase "The identity of the parents/father/mother is declared" is recorded in lieu of an identity document. A small number of cases continue to be reported where delays in registration occur due to the interpretation of legal provisions or their lack of specific regulation of birth 23 Act No. 119/1996 on Civil Status Documents: http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/8624 (RO); Methodological norms for the application of legislation on civil status, Official Gazette No. 151 of 2 March 2011, Arts. 34-37: http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocumentAfis/220201 (RO); Act No. 272/2004 on the Protection and promotion of the rights of the child, Article 9: http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/52909 (RO); ENS, Ending Childhood Statelessness: A Study on Romania, Working Paper 01/15, 2015: https://www.statelessness.eu/updates/publication/ending-childhoodstatelessness-study-romania. 24 Government Decision no. 64/2001 on the Methodology for the unitary application of dispositions concerning civil status, Official Gazette No. 151 of 2 March 2011, Article 151 (corroborated with Article 24(D)): http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocumentAfis/220201 (RO); ENS, Ending Childhood Statelessness: A Study on Romania, Working Paper 01/15, 2015: https://www.statelessness.eu/updates/publication/ending-childhood-statelessness-studyromania. 25 Act No. 21/1991 on Romanian Citizenship, Article 5: http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/121439 (RO) (ENG translation available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b50218.html); Act No. 119/1996 on Civil Status Documents, Art. 40: http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/8624 (RO); ENS, Ending Childhood Statelessness: A Study on Romania, Working Paper 01/15, 2015: https://www.statelessness.eu/updates/publication/ending-childhood-statelessness-studyromania; ElPaís.com, 19 July 2019: Rumanía desbloquea la situación de los 200 niños sin papeles que tutela españa: http://cort.as/-RZh2 (SP). 6