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The primary stakeholders responsible for the CRVS system in Azerbaijan are the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Health and the State Statistical Committee. Representative offices for the executive branch register acts of civil status in remote areas of the country and submit reports to the central registration office along with evidentiary records of birth, marriage and death, including medical certificates. The central registration office then validates the records and any incomplete civil records are returned to make amendments or additions.

The central registration office compiles two copies of reporting tables monthly, in due form, on civil registration acts by the region, including individual villages and settlements. The central registration office then provides the local authority of the State Statistical Committee with one copy of reporting table and keeps the second copy. To maintain information digitally in the e-databank of civil status acts, the State Statistical Committee deposits these reports to the Archive of Civil Status Acts. In addition to documentary reporting, the Ministry of Justice also e-reports statistical data every three months to the State Statistical Committee.

For overseas registration, the Azerbaijan consular institutions act as the registration authority for citizens who live abroad. Similar to the institutions above, the consulate sends the first copies of all records to the Archive of Civil Status Acts and keeps the second copies.

The central registration office also provides the Ministry of Justice with duly compiled semi-annual and annual reporting tables on civil registrations (overseas consulates provide the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the same). Copies of the reporting tables are also kept at the central registration office and consulates.

Finally, the Ministry of Justice established the "Civil Status Acts" Automated Information System which allows for the performance of e-registration of civil status acts from the registration offices and which can send information about registration to the Ministry of Justice online.

CRVS Focal Point:

Mr. Agha Karim Samed-zade, Head of State Registry Department, Ministry of Justice

Azerbaijan

Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events

Goal 1 Targets:

1.A

By 2024, at least … per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

1.B

By 2024, at least … per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

1.C

By 2024, at least … per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

1.D

By 2024, at least … per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

1.E

By 2024, at least … per cent of all deaths recorded by the health sector in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year have a medically certified cause of death recorded using the international form of the death certificate.

Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights Goal 2 reflects that CRVS sys

Goal 2 Targets:

2.A

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all births registered in the territory and jurisdiction are accompanied with the issuance of an official birth certificate that includes, as a minimum, the individual’s name, sex, date and place of birth, and name of parent(s) where known.

2.B

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all deaths registered in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are accompanied with the issuance of an official death certificate which includes, as a minimum, the deceased’s name, date of death, sex, and age.

Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated

Goal 3 Targets:

3.A

By … (year), annual nationally representative statistics on births – disaggregated by age of mother, sex of child, geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.

3.B

By … (year), annual nationally representative statistics on deaths – disaggregated by age, sex, cause of death defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate), geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.

3.C

By 2024, at least … per cent of deaths occurring in health facilities or with the attention of a medical practitioner have an underlying cause of death code derived from the medical certificate according to the standards defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate).

3.D

By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to ... per cent.

3.E

By 2024, at least … per cent of deaths taking place outside of a health facility and without the attention of a medical practitioner have their underlying cause of death code determined through verbal autopsy in line with international standards.

3.F

By … (year), key summary tabulations of vital statistics on births and deaths using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within one calendar year.

3.G

By … (year), key summary tabulations of vital statistics on causes of death using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within two calendar years.

3.H

By … (year), an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.

Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events

Goal 1 is an expression of the internationally accepted principle of the universal coverage of civil registration. The CRVS system should register all vital events occurring in the territory and jurisdiction of the country or area, including among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations.

National Targets:

1.A

By 2024, at least … per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

BASELINE

2014

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

1.B

By 2024, at least … per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

MIDTERM

2006

93.6%

1.C

By 2024, at least … per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

1.D

By 2024, at least … per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

baseline

2014

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

1.E

baseline

2014

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights Goal 2 reflects that CRVS sys

Goal 2 reflects that CRVS systems provide legal documentation of civil registration to individuals and families for legal and administrative purposes. Legal documentation is strongly linked with a broad range of rights and activities, in particular legal identity. This goal addresses the distinction between the civil registration of a vital event and the possession of formal proof that it took place, in the form of legal documentation.

National Targets:

2.A

baseline

2013

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

2.B

baseline

2013

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated

Goal 3 highlights the critical importance of civil registration being linked to the production and quality assurance of vital statistics on the occurrence and characteristics of vital events.

National Targets:

3.A

TARGET

Target achieved

3.B

TARGET

Target achieved

3.C

Note: This target was not monitored as part of the Midterm Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific.

3.D

By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to ... per cent.

baseline

2013

3.5%

MIDTERM

2018

2.8%

3.E

Note: In light of recent countries’ experiences, Verbal autopsy is not encouraged to be applied to a large population scale, but rather on a representative sample. To reflect this, Target 3E is not anymore monitored by the coverage percentage of Verbal autopsy, but by the use or not of Verbal autopsy and its different applications.

MIDTERM

No

TARGET

No

3.F

TARGET

Target achieved

3.G

TARGET

Target achieved

3.H

By … (year), an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.

TARGET