Civil Registry report November 11th 2023

Concerned about the situation of vulnerability that many of our children, young people, and families in our communities live because they do not have a birth certificate, or an identity card. The identity card that guarantees them access to justice and basic human rights in our homeland where they were born.

For this reason we continue with the arduous struggle by making several visits to the lawyers’ offices, and to the different points of attention of the Civil Registry at the provincial level, to present the documentation required for my people to be registered and subsequently receive their ID. That is why on this occasion we mobilize with six groups to the point of attention of the Civil Registry of Borbón, Rioverde and Esmeraldas city, on different dates made up of 63 people, to request reasons for late registration of nine minors, three visits to the Judicial Unit to appear at the respective hearings for late registration procedures by judicial means. Where it is possible to settle or enroll 6 children, it was also possible to transfer 13 children and 5 adolescents. Reaching a total of 209 registered people; 148 children and 61 adults from 2016 to date. In addition, the process of two late registrations through the courts is underway.