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... Read more
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 pla... Read more
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 a... Read more
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... Read more
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 pri... Read more
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... Read more
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 constitutio... Read more
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 i... Read more
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 g... Read more
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 w... Read more