The European Digital Fortress and Large Biometric EU IT Systems

Border Criminology, Technology, and Human Rights

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ID8039329
AuthorsAleš Završník (0000-0002-4531-2740, Institute of Political Science, corresponding author)
Year2019
Issue49
Publication date2019-02-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTwo Homelands (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0353-6777 • E-ISSN: 1581-1212
PublisherThe Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3986/dd.v0i49.7253
OpenAlexW2913903878
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

Today, at a time when we are witnessing the “multiplication of borders”, borders are occupying new domains. The article focuses on the erection of digital borders by means of biometric technology, which is creating new knowledge through the compilation of large biometric databases in the EU. By “tattooing” borders onto immigrant bodies, disciplinary power is being superseded by the post-disciplinary power of “instant surveillance”. The article continues by analysing re-bordering practices by means of seemingly apolitical information technology, and concludes by delving into the new harms caused by re-bordering, including violations of human rights and the emergence of multi-layered criminal law

Biometrics · Computer security · Discipline · Fortress (chess · Human rights · Immigration · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · Computer Science · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · Law

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