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March 6, 2025

UN Legal Identity Agenda: Guidance and Checklist for United Nations Country Teams

This guidance note and checklist for United Nations Country Teams examines the human rights risks associated with digital legal identification systems, with a particular focus on exclusion, discrimination, privacy, and data protection. It provides practical guidance to help ensure that digital legal ID systems are designed and implemented in ways that uphold human rights, prevent harm, and promote inclusion. Grounded in SDG 16.9 and international human rights standards, the document outlines key principles, risks, safeguards, and recommendations for governments and UN actors working on digital ID systems.

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Digital-legal-identification-systems-checklist_UNLIA.pdf

Region

Thematic Area(s)

Legal Identity

Type of Contribution

Manuals/Guidelines/Tools

Inclusion

Inclusion
Disability inclusion
Ethnic and linguistic minorities
Gender equality and women’s empowerment
Indigenous peoples
Rural/urban inclusion
Sexual orientation and gender identity inclusion
Other

Integrity

Integrity
Ethics in public administration
Transparency
Other

Innovation

Innovation
Digital transformation
E-governance
User-centric design
Other

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