Benin
Posted Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 00:10
Date Issued:
2016 (biometric)
Voluntary or Mandatory:
Mandatory Information on the Card:
ID Number
Photo
Name
Sex
Birth Date
Nationality
Address
Fingerprint
Date of Issue
Other Information on the Card:
Height, Hair Colour, Eye Colour, Skin Colour
Card Purpose:
Voting, travel within West Africa
History:
Biometric identity cards were implemented in Benin in 2016. Collection of citizens' biometric data began in 2009; as such, biometrics were already recorded for the majority of the population in advance of the new identity card being rolled out.
Playing the Identity Card: Surveillance, Security and Identification in Global Perspective, Routledge (2008)
Edited by Colin J. Bennett and David Lyon
Identifying Citizens: ID Cards as Surveillance, Polity (2009)
By David Lyon
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