Comment cannot be fully implemented without strong CRVS Systems in States parties. 1.2. Purpose 9. Notwithstanding its heading (Name and Nationality), Article 6 recognizes three interlinked rights namely the right to a name (Art 6 (1)), the right to birth registration (Art 6 (2)) and the right to a nationality (Art 6 (3)). It also provides for state obligations with regard to the implementation of the right to a nationality (Art 6 (4)). The purpose of this General Comment is to give the meaning and scope of these rights and explain the corresponding obligations of the States parties to the Charter for their implementation. 2. Main Objectives 10. This General Comment is addressed to all stakeholders who play a role in the implementation of the African Children‟s Charter and especially the rights embedded in Article 6. This includes agencies of States parties - Parliaments and judiciaries, civil society organizations, academics, legal practitioners, and civil registry authorities. Its main objectives are to explicate principles contained in the rights provided for under Article 6 and to give the above stakeholders guidance on its implementation in practical sense. 3. General Nature of State Obligations 11. In order to give effect to the rights enshrined in Article 6, States parties have to keep in mind their overall obligation to respect, protect, promote, fulfill children‟s rights in accordance with their obligations stemming from Article 1 of the African Children‟s Charter requiring them “to undertake the necessary steps, in accordance with their Constitutional processes and with the provisions of the present Charter, to adopt such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Charter.” The Committee specifically expects States parties which do not have civil registration laws to adopt them, those whose civil registration laws 5