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title: "Child Registration in the Occupied Palestinian Territories"
description: "This memo discusses Israel's changing policy towards child registration in the population registry of the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). It focuses on the differences between children born in the oPt and children born outside of the oPt and on the harsh implications of the policy changes implemented throughout the years."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/legal-opinions/child-registration-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territories"
language: "en"
published: "2016-12-15T09:40:00Z"
modified: "2017-04-20T08:51:12Z"
---

Legal memo

# Child Registration in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Published 15. Dec 2016

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This memo discusses Israel's changing policy towards child registration in the population registry of the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). It focuses on the differences between children born in the oPt and children born outside of the oPt and on the harsh implications of the policy changes implemented throughout the years.

- [Download legal memo](https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/legal-opinions/legal_memo_child_registration.pdf)