Our staff is undertaking analysis for this metric. Please check back later.
Disclaimer / Limitations
This country’s legal measures were reviewed by our legal staff in consultation with in-country lawyers and/or CRVS legal experts. All efforts were made to ensure the accuracy of the legal analysis, however, if you consider there to be any discrepancies or if there have been changes in the law of the country since our staff last updated the legal analysis, we welcome any additional information or insights. Please contact us via this form.
Women's Rights
Uganda
Responsive Image
Birth Registration
Specific Situations
Adoption
Does the law clearly state the process for amending birth registrations in adoption cases?
No
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Laws should contain clear provisions for amending records, and dealing with adoptions or other changed circumstances. Who may request or apply for an amendment or modification of a record, should be specified. Birth registration should be available to all residents of a country who adopt a child from abroad. This is particularly important in order to obtain identity credentials
The registration officer is required to maintain an adopted children register containing the particulars of adoptions made in terms of the Children Act, which covers both domestic adoptions and inter-country adoptions (limited to situations where a person who is not a citizen of Uganda is allowed to adopt a Ugandan child in exceptional circumstances). This register must contain the name of adopted child (as stated in the adoption order), the child’s sex, the full name, address and occupation of the adopter(s), the child’s date and country of birth, the date of the adoption order and a description of the court that issued it. The standard form for adoption orders directs the registrar of births and deaths to enter this information in the adopted children register. It also directs the registrar of births and deaths to mark the child’s birth entry in the register of births, as “adopted”. There are no other directions on amendments to the birth record of an adopted child, or on record-keeping in respect of adoptions of children born outside Uganda. However, the Act states that a child who has been entered in the register of births and issued with a birth certificate shall be issued with another birth certificate upon adoption – implying that the identification of the parents on the birth certificate is to be amended. The law does not make any specific provision for changing the name of a child in the course of an adoption, so the general name change procedures may apply (see question on Amendments).
Does the law clearly state the process for amending birth registrations in surrogacy cases?
No
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
There are two general processes for surrogacy. 1) the original birth certificate has the names of the surrogate parents (no amendment required). 2) the birth is registered under the name of the gestational mother, and then is amended through an adoption process to have the names of the surrogates.
