Forensic Genetics Policy Initiative

Earlier this year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the indefinite retention of the DNA profiles of individuals convicted of a criminal offence in Northern Ireland was a viol...

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GeneWatch UK has written to the Prime Minister and all ministers in the Government of Rwanda warning of the dangers of a universal DNA database. The letter follows reports that Rwanda is planning...

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India’s Congress Party has opposed the government’s proposed DNA databank bill, citing massive loopholes and a threat to privacy. Congress has called for withdrawal of the bill and for the go...

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Read the Forensic Genetics Policy Initiative’s preliminary analysis of India’s DNA Bill in The Hindu. In short, important safeguards and a cost-benefit analysis are still lacking. The Bill ne...

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Any Revision Should Fully Respect Right to Privacy The Constitutional Court’s decision on October 5, 2017 to strike down Kuwait’s overly broad DNA law is a positive step for the right to priv...

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The Forensic Genetics Policy Initiative report: Establishing Best Practice for Forensic DNA Databases is now available on: http://dnapolicyinitiative.org/report/ This report was developed by the ...

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Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah instructed the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah to reexamine the DNA law in accordance with Kuwait’s constitution...

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Kuwait is about to become the first country to require all citizens, expatriates, residents and visitors to provide a DNA sample to the government database. The law, that is expected to go into e...

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Kuwait is about to become the first country to require all citizens, expatriates, residents and visitors to provide a DNA sample to the government’s database. The law, which is expected to go i...

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Kuwait is about to become the first country to require all citizens, expatriates, residents and visitors to provide a DNA sample to the government database. The law was ratified in 2015, a week a...

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