”. The Committee on the Rights of the Child has stated in its General Comments that “Birth registration should be free and universally accessible”. [2] The Human Rights Council has called on States “to ensure free birth registration, including free or low-cost late birth registration, by means of universal, accessible, simple, expeditious and effective registration procedures without discrimination of any kind”.[3] [1] General comment No. 17 (1989), § 7. [2] CRC General comment No. 11 (2009), § 41. [3] UN Human Rights Council, Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law, 3 April 2012, A/HRC/RES/19/9 Decision & Reasoning Case under review by the Human Rights Committee.