An organization that assists people without access to justice will hold a seminar on the right to identity

The Microjusticia Argentina Foundation, an organization that works with people in situations of social vulnerability and offers free legal advice and sponsorship in order to provide support and ensure real access to their basic rights and justice, will hold a conference on the right to identity in the coming days legal.

This is an open seminar that proposes to explore theoretical and practical aspects that will provide attendees with tools to understand current legislation on the right to identity and how it is closely linked to parental responsibility, from different perspectives.

Various exhibitors, including lawyers Maria Laura Lazzara and Julieta Speciali from Advocating Families, the director of RENAPER, Paula Parissi, the director of the Civil Registry of the province of Buenos Aires, Mariano Ordoñez and the Jujuy children's and adolescent advocate, Olga Ivacevich, among others - will share their knowledge of law and their experience in the exercise of the profession and territorial work. The opening will be led by the director of the Gender in Justice Observatory of the Council of the Judiciary of the City of Buenos Aires, Diana Maffía.

The objectives are to achieve legal empowerment around the right to Identity, to have a name and surname, to know its origins, and to guarantee rights for effective access to justice, as well as to disseminate among the population and grassroots institutions about good practices and to raise awareness of the implications and obligations in around this right.

“During the twelve years that we have been working territorially in different districts of the country, we have noticed situations that recur and create obstacles in the exercise of children's and adolescents' rights with regard to family and identity issues,” the organization said in its statement.

The main problems related to the implications of surnames on parental responsibility are food management, registration after birth, adoption and cases of psychological, symbolic and economic violence around the violation of the right to identity.

“In order to petition for maintenance in court, an accredited filiation is necessarily required (by law). The lack of a surname or the lack of notification of recognition prevents children and adolescents from fully enjoying the right to food”, the organization states.

In addition, situations such as late filiation do not guarantee that retroactive food is perceived, which directly affects the full exercise of rights, generating situations of economic, social, cultural vulnerability, etc.

In this regard, the problems associated with this moment will also be addressed, such as lack of registration, lack of parental recognition, administrative errors in the preparation of the birth certificate, order of surname in registration or false recognition.

Also with regard to good adoption practices and the problematic situations that may arise from the development link, such as the repentance of adopters in full adoption.

Finally, the situations of violence that arise from the problems surrounding identity. The economic difficulties that may exist in the face of the full exercise of rights, the different psychological and emotional conditions that may result from the lack of parental recognition and the situations of violence that may arise from the administrative examinations of persons who do not have a bond and do not are supervised by competent authorities.

The seminar will take place at Av. Belgrano 2527 CABA, auditorium Eva Perón, ATE Nacional on March 23, 2022 from 8.30am to 6pm.

Registration will be until 18/03/2022 by email to seminario@microjusticiaargentina.org indicating first name, surname and ID card. Places are limited.

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