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Law to Regulate Cases of Kids of Unknown Parentage
DUBAI — Details of a revised federal law on birth and death registration that will also give recognition to children of unknown parentage are being worked upon, said senior officials.
The revised law will regulate complicated cases by issuing birth certificates to such children, besides looking at other solutions to legalise their status in the country.
However, the law does not commit to offering the child UAE nationality but will instead look at the issue on a case to case basis.
The current procedure of issuing birth certificates to children without known parents is erratic and many are given certificates only when they are being adopted, say the officials. The revised details of a 35-year-old law on Birth and Death Registrations will come into effect from April 1 and regulate other such complicated cases.
“The law addresses the certification issue of children whose parents are unknown but the final outcome is still being worked upon by concerned authorities,” said Dr Mahmoud Fikri, CEO of Health Policy at the ministry.
Before the birth certification, the child will be named by the Departments of Social Services. Other authorities including the police and concerned embassies, public prosecution and the Ministry of Interior will also be involved in the process.
Speaking at an orientation workshop on the law, the UAE Minister of Health Dr Hanif Hassan said the law was reviewed and modified as per the recommendations of the World Health Organization.
The updated law will be unified for all emirates and will have the same fee structure. The certificate issuance procedure will also be no longer done manually. “All hospitals will be electronically linked with the Preventive Medicine Departments in the health ministry,” said Dr Fikri.
Dr Mariam Matroushi, Director of School Health Policies said that the workshop has come up with a number of recommendations that will be discussed at a higher level before being implemented. In the case of death of an expatriate who remains unidentified, the death will be registered with the deceased registry at a hospital.
The deceased will not be buried in the UAE if the body is endangering public health. In the other case, the body can be buried or repatriated after permission is taken from the public prosecution and police.
New employees will be hired and trained to ensure correct data entry, said Dr Fikri. -asmaalizain@khaleejtimes.com
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