Birth registration a process by which a child birth is recorded in civil registry officially by therngovernment plays a great role in realizing many rights of the child. Accordingly implementationrnof birth registration starts from enacting law and establishing institutions that deal with the taskrnof registering birth. Many human right treaties like ICCPR,CRC and ACRWC provides birthrnregistration of every child immediately after birth, the right to name, the right to acquirernnationality and the right to know and be cared by parents. Ethiopia being a party to the UnitedrnNation Convention on the right of the Child has an obligation to develop an effective system ofrnbirth registration to realize the right of the child. Consequently, Ethiopia has enacted laws onrnregistration of Vital Events. Based on this the researcher has assessed the implementation ofrnbirth registration laws in Addis Ababa and Its implication for the realization of the right of thernchild based on qualitative method ,for this purpose interview with 8 person from the concernedrnorgans, assessment of international and domestic laws is made. Thus the existing theoretical andrnpractical challenges attached with birth registration are identified. From the practice thernresearcher envisaged that birth registration law is not effectively implemented much has yet to berndone to realize the right of the child. Low level of awareness on the existing law, lack ofrncoordination among organs responsible for implementation, gaps and shortcomings of the lawrnhampered effective implementation of birth registration.rnKey Words:- Birth registration, Birth certificate, Vital Events: Declarants, Universality Nonrndiscrimination, Compulsoriness, Continuity and permanence.