Article 14

Official text

Every individual has the right to have his/her legal identity recognized.

Legal commentary

Interpretation

This article guarantees the right to recognition of legal personality. This right is foundational for exercising all other rights and is enshrined in Article 6 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 3 of the American Convention on Human Rights. The Constitutional Court has linked this right to civil registration and gender identity (T-063/2015), allowing transgender individuals to correct their identification documents.

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