UN’s counter-terrorist travel biometrics poses human rights risk: Special Rapporteur

The United Nations’ travel surveillance system, which collects biometric data to track down terrorists, should be paused and “urgently reviewed,” according to a UN Special Rapporteur.

The warning was issued in a position paper at the end of October by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, who recently ended her term. An analysis of the paper was published this week by Statewatch, a UK-based non-governmental organization.

The UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme (CTTP) was launched in 2019 to help exchange traveler information such …

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