February 2021 – July 2023
Humanitarian organisations have a responsibility to ensure the efficient delivery of aid as well as fair selection of its recipients. In humanitarian emergencies, determining the identities of aid recipients is a challenging task that could be greatly facilitated through the use of biometrics. Biometrics, particularly in humanitarian emergencies, raise important privacy concerns, including the potential to expose beneficiaries’ personal data. The ICRC has adopted a policy on biometrics which considers these challenges, and highlights areas where further research and development is needed. On the basis of this, this project aims to design a biometric system suitable for deployment in humanitarian settings without endangering their beneficiaries personal information.
EPFL PI: Prof. Carmela Troncoso, Spring Lab
Partner: Vincent Graf Narbel, ICRC
Photo: Copyright: ICRC/Mari Afret Mortvedt/05.01.2018/Caption: Juba, ICRC delegation. ICRC restoring family links program. When the children are too young or the parents or caretakers don’t know how to read and write, the ICRC uses fingerprints in the document…/Reference: V-P-SS-E-01180
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