• Analyze available data to determine baseline information and to measure progress and inform policies. • With due respect to privacy and data protection, improve reporting on birth registration and childhood statelessness, and make it publicly available. To prevent discrimination in access to identity documents and nationality: • Prioritize attention to patterns of discrimination against specific minorities, particularly in regions where indigenous groups reside, or where migrant populations enter and settle. • Collaborate with local communities to identify and address any patterns of discrimination. • Eliminate any risk of deportation or other sanctions for parents seeking to register the birth of their children; instead, offer guarantees and incentives for migrants to register their children’s births. • Enshrine the principle of nondiscrimination in both law and practice, being cognizant, for example, that practices that seem like errors may constitute discrimination if they have that effect. • Use documentation of identity processes to guarantee rights protection for populations vulnerable to discrimination and exploitation. To ensure that officials carry out their responsibilities appropriately: • Give special attention to public officials who provide rights and services in remote regions, particularly when there are shifts in administrative policy (as is the case in Chile and Colombia). This study shows that these officials are the last to know about changes in policy and that they deal with populations at great risk of disenfranchisement. • Furnish trainings founded on a rights-based approach, particularly anchored on the principles of nondiscrimination and the best interests of the child. • Increase resources to thoroughly monitor the behavior of officials who provide services to at-risk communities, to ensure the prompt identification and resolution of bad practices. • Ensure communication, information sharing, and unified policies in the implementation and interpretation of nationality laws across different sectors and levels of government (e.g., periodic meetings between relevant authorities, particularly civil registration authorities and ministries or departments in charge of migration and foreign affairs). BORN IN THE AMERICAS 23