55. The Committee reminds States parties that all the above actions derive from international obligations in respect with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (see Article 24 (3)). The Committee holds the view that their effective implementation heavily depends on an effective and efficient universal birth registration system that does not discriminate against children with disabilities. (b) Parents with a disability 56. States parties should take special measures aimed at facilitating the registration of children born to persons (parents) with disabilities. Specific attention should be paid to children born to parents with mental or intellectual disabilities. States parties may envisage using community leaders for the identification and immediate reporting to competent authorities of any child born to a parent with mental or intellectual disabilities. Further, best practice amongst State parties dictates that birth registration information and materials be specially adapted for persons with visual or hearing disabilities, to enable them to optimally participate in registration processes, and that Registry staff be training in sign language and other forms of communication with parents with disabilities seeking to register their children. c) Birth registration and children born to refugees, internally displaced persons or asylum seekers 57. The Committee notes that refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and asylum seekers are vulnerable persons and that their children should benefit from the special measures of protection contained in the African Children‟s Charter. The Committee believes that registration of the birth of refugee children, children born to IDPs, internally displaced children or children who have been separated from their parents or guardians due to persecution or armed conflict, and children born to asylum seekers is one such special measure. As refugees, IDPs and asylum seekers have been forced to leave their homes, often in a rush, they may have left behind most of their belongings and personal identification documents, or the documents may have been destroyed in the process. The Committee is of the view that denying the right to birth registration to children belonging to that category is an 21