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Friday, December 10 / 16:00 - 17:30 UTC

Session 165
IUSSP Panel Session: Emerging Ethics and Human Rights Issues in the Digitization of Population Register Systems

Chair: Sofia Gruskin, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California
Chair: Romesh Silva, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Discussant: Philp Alston, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University
Discussant: Ellen Percy Kraly, Colgate University

1. After Race, Tribe and Caste: Repairing Population Registration Systems in the Aftermath of Empire • Keith Breckenridge, University of the Witwatersrand.

2. Emerging Challenges for Individual Privacy, Basic Rights and Social Welfare of India’s Unique ID System and National Population Register • Usha Ramanathan, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India.

3. Digitization of Uganda’s National ID System: Inclusive Social Protection or Arbitrary Exclusion during the COVID-19 Pandemic • Salima Namusobya, Initiative for Social and Economic Rights, Uganda; Brian Kiira, Initiative for Social and Economic Rights, Uganda.

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