There was a General Election in my home country on 8 June 2017 and local elections at the beginning of May of this year. The general election was unexpected since the next one was not officially due until 2020. Everyone who had not was encouraged to register to vote. Elections and voting are as good as any place to start …
Before the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and SDG 16.9 there were the Millennium Development Goals (“MDGs”). They did not strictly address identity or legal identity, but the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) did underline the urgency for establishing adequate civil registration systems. For example, six of the eight MDGs rely on accurate estimates of fertility, mortality and causes of death data …
