African digital ID systems need better governance by stronger independent bodies: Researchers
Digital ID systems backed by biometrics are being imposed on Africans, preventing millions from receiving essential services they are entitled…
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Africa’s digital ID ecosystem needs more transparency to protect human rights: report
The speed and scale of biometrics and digital ID expansion across Africa may be necessary to meet United Nations Sustainable…
Report finds US technology still flowing into China’s surveillance system
A new report by the Democratic minority of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States…
Amnesty International urges Scotland to ban live facial recognition for law enforcement
Amnesty International has called on the Scottish government to prohibit the use of live facial Recognition (LFR), describing the biometric…
UK human rights regulator to argue against police use of live facial recognition
The UK’s human rights regulator has received permission to intervene in an upcoming judicial review examining whether the London Metropolitan…
New Orleans ID emerges as national test for municipal autonomy, resistance to ICE
In late July, New Orleans announced the Crescent City ID, a municipal identity card program specifically designed to support inclusion in…
Children’s rights must be at center of civil registration governance frameworks: UN Human Rights
For countries to make substantial progress on birth registration, there is the need to expedite the implementation of reforms and…
IOM unveils methodology to assess performance of legal ID systems
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has unveiled what it calls the Legal Identity System Assessment Maturity Methodology to gauge…
UN cautions govts to safeguard human rights in AI procurement
AI is a major trend of this decade with advancements in the technology having an effect across society, for both…
Optimistic plan would pair universal legal identity with basic income program
A new paper calls the lack of legal identity for millions of people around the world one of the “most…
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