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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1388-364X
- eISSN
- 1571-8166
- DOI
- 10.1163/157181605776293255
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Abstract
European Journal of Migration and Law 7 : 377–411, 2005. © 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV . Printed in the Netherlands. 377 * Rebekah Thomas is Programme Officer at UNAIDS, Geneva. Prior to this she was working as Associate Policy and Research Officer at the Global Commission on International Migration, Geneva. 1 An earlier version of this paper was prepared for the Policy Analysis and Research Programme of the Global Commission on International Migration. (See www.gcim.org.) 2 The terminology ‘enrolment’ is criticized by some Civil liberties groups as suggesting the process is a voluntary one, which, once legislation requiring biometric documents is in force, is not the case. See Statewatch : “The Road to 1984 part II”, EU available at . Biometrics, International Migrants and Human Rights REBEKAH THOMAS* Introduction Heightened security concerns arising from the growth of transnational crime and ter- rorism have in recent years led to increased interest and research into the potential of biometric technology. 1 Although biometric data has long been used in the realm of criminal proceedings, involving the use of fingerprinting, photographic images and DNA, it is increasingly being seen by governments and businesses as a way of ascertaining individual identity with
Journal
European Journal of Migration and Law – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2006