Supporting the right to identity

This project aims to improve the protection environment of host populations in Burkina Faso’s Centre-Nord Nord and Boucle du Mouhoun regions. It aims to provide the most vulnerable groups including internally displaced persons at risk of statelessness with access to identity documents (birth certificates and national identity cards). These documents facilitate their freedom of movement without risk of arrest and detention. It also allows them to access basic social services (education health and the right to entrepreneurship) and to fully enjoy their citizenship. This project aims to provide 50 000 identity documents to children women and men who are affected by the crisis in Burkina Faso particularly internally displaced persons and the communities that welcome them.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) promoting the exercise of civil and political rights particularly the right to vote; and (2) facilitating the free movement of internally displaced persons.