A/HRC/15/41 report on their activities that impact on human rights and to formulate, implement and report on the implementation of a code of conduct based on human rights standards. Section 3: Specific rights-based obligations L. Right to recognition as a person before the law 63. Recognition as a person before the law is a human right in itself and crucial for the enjoyment of other fundamental rights and freedoms. Often persons living in extreme poverty lack legal identity documents because, for example, they have no proof of birth or fixed address. Some simply live out of reach of registration processes, others cannot afford costs associated with registration. Discrimination on various grounds may further prevent persons living in extreme poverty from being registered and having a legal identity. Often the lack of documentation of the parents could result in their children also remaining undocumented. At the same time, if States lack accurate information about those under its jurisdiction they face greater challenges in policy planning. 64. M. A revised version of the draft guiding principles should: • Recommend the allocation of the necessary resources to establish registration systems that are accessible to and adequate for persons living in extreme poverty. Effective registration systems not only require adequate financial and human resources, but must be based on regulatory frameworks recognizing the human right of every person to recognition before the law. Regulatory frameworks must also protect the human right to privacy. • Recommend the establishment of mechanisms to ensure monitoring and accountability as essential components of registration systems and highlight the importance of a decentralized, flexible and culturally sensitive registration system. • Give particular attention to addressing the legal, economic, procedural, practical and cultural barriers that impede women, girls, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, minorities, and other groups from registering. Recommend that States introduce awareness-raising campaigns to inform persons living in extreme poverty about registration processes and their importance. Right to privacy and protection from intrusion in family life 65. Persons living in extreme poverty are more likely to be subject to attacks on their privacy, integrity, honour and reputation by State and non-State actors. Such intrusions may be caused by overcrowded housing conditions in slums or the deliberate intervention of law enforcement or social services. Children from families experiencing extreme poverty are at greater risk of being removed by the authorities and placed in residential care. Family contacts and the moral and psychological support families provide are then jeopardized. 66. A revised version of the draft guiding principles should: • Recall the obligations of guaranteeing respect for the privacy and family life of persons of living in extreme poverty, and recommend revising national legal and administrative frameworks covering family life to protect persons 17