Problems

Current civil status solutions

Blockchain solutions

Presentation of forgeries:

False declaration of civil status records, presence of a record without a counterfoil

The declarations of act are handwritten and can be subject to several falsifications

The declaration form is identical in all the civil status centers. Once a birth has been declared, it is no longer possible to declare it in another registry office. Moreover, a unique identification number is generated for each document.

Misrepresentation:

Addition or removal of parents’ names;

The establishment of several different birth certificates to the same citizen in different civil status centers;

Birth certificates in which the place of birth is changed;

Those established to a foreigner as being Cameroonian.

Addition or removal of parents’ names;

The establishment of several different birth certificates to the same citizen in different civil status centers;

Birth certificates in which the place of birth is changed;

Those established to a foreigner as being Cameroonian;

The establishment of a second marriage certificate to a monogamous citizen.

Awareness of the actors involved;

Regular updating of the legal framework;

Formalization of civil status management procedures

Civil status records established on a regular basis in the civil status registers (register A, register B, register C);

Handwritten serial number with the settlement region initials of the day and year.