OSCE / ODIHR. Findings and Recommendations

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1 osce.org OSCE / ODIHR Expert Roundtable on Addressing the Link between Travel Document Security and Population Registration / Civil Registration Documents and Processes Held on November 2013 in Warsaw, Poland Findings and Recommendations

2 The OSCE: Forum for Dialogue/Platform for Action 57 participating States 11 partner States for co-operation Chairman-in-Office 2014: Switzerland 2015: Serbia 16 missions and field operations Early warning Conflict prevention Crisis management Post-conflict rehabilitation 2

3 The OSCE: An Organization of diverse independent entities Chairman-in-Office 2014: Switzerland High Commissioner Representative on on National Minorities Freedom of the Media (HCNM) (FoM) OSCE Secretariat Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) OSCE Field Operations Eastern Europe Moldova Ukraine South Caucasus Armenia Azerbaijan South-Eastern Europe Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo Montenegro Serbia FYROM Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan 3

4 osce.org TNTD/ATU Travel Document Security (TDS) Programme 1. Enhancing Handling and Issuance Procedures 4. Detecting Forged Documents Travel Document Security 2. Promoting Document Upgrades and the ICAO Public Key Directory (PKD) 3. Strengthening Border Control Inspection, including INTERPOL Databases

5 New ICAO TRIP Strategy and OSCE Secretariat s Work BSMU: Integrated Border Management Systems ATU: 2. Promoting Document Upgrades ATU: 2. ICAO Public Key Directory 3. Strengthening Border Control Inspection (incl. INTERPOL Databases) 4. Detecting Forged Documents ATU: 1. Enhancing Handling and Issuance Procedures - (e)mrtd issuance 5

6 OSCE: Travel Document Security and Population Registration Chairman-in-Office 2014: Switzerland High Commissioner Representative on on National Minorities Freedom of the Media (HCNM) (FoM) OSCE Secretariat Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) OSCE Field Operations Transnational Threats Department: Action against Terrorism Unit (ATU) Has the lead on Travel Document Security Border Security and Management Unit (BSMU) Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) Elections Human Rights Democratization Has the lead on Population Registration Tolerance and Non-discrimination Roma and Sinti Contact Point 6

7 ICAO TRIP Strategy: New OSCE-wide strategy? Closing the OSCE Loop TNTD/BSMU: Integrated Border Management Systems ODIHR: Population Registry Civil Registry Freedom of Movement TNTD/ATU: 2. Promoting Document Upgrades TNTD/ATU: 2. ICAO Public Key Directory 3. Strengthening Border Control Inspection (incl. INTERPOL Databases) 4. Detecting Forged Documents TNTD/ATU: 1. Enhancing Handling and Issuance Procedures - (e)mrtd issuance 7

8 Expert Roundtable in Warsaw November 2013 Closing the OSCE Loop TNTD/BSMU: Integrated Border Management Systems ODIHR: Population Registry Civil Registry Freedom of Movement TNTD/ATU: 2. Promoting Document Upgrades TNTD/ATU: 2. ICAO Public Key Directory 3. Strengthening Border Control Inspection (incl. INTERPOL Databases) 4. Detecting Forged Documents TNTD/ATU: 1. Enhancing Handling and Issuance Procedures - (e)mrtd issuance 8

9 Expert Roundtable on Addressing the Link between Travel Document Security and Population Registration/Civil Registration Documents and Processes Gathered travel document security and civil registration experts from various countries and international organizations including: o European Commission o EUROPOL o INTERPOL o IOM o UNHCR o UN Statistical Division o International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS) 9

10 Expert Roundtable on Addressing the Link between Travel Document Security and Population Registration/Civil Registration Documents and Processes OBJECTIVES 1. Explore the latest trends in forging travel documents in particular practices employed to obtain genuine travel documents under a fake identity; 2. Showcase measures that have been taken to securely identify people in the process of travel document issuance by interlinking civil registries with travel document issuance systems to prevent identity fraud; 3. Enhance the role of the OSCE in its efforts to link travel document issuing systems to civil registry systems. 10

11 Expert Roundtable on Addressing the Link between Travel Document Security and Population Registration/Civil Registration Documents and Processes FINDINGS 1. Secure civil registration systems and documents are central in the travel document issuance process; 2. Civil registry systems are gaining international significance and determine the level of trust in a country s travel document; 3. Civil registry upgrades need to go in parallel with travel document upgrades; 11

12 Expert Roundtable on Addressing the Link between Travel Document Security and Population Registration/Civil Registration Documents and Processes FINDINGS (cont.) 4. The IC needs to continue dialogue on the possibility of developing assistance related to the establishment and validation of identity during travel document issuance; 5. Border control officers need to remain central to travel document inspection; 6. The variety and number of security features on current travel documents are a double-edged sword for border control. 12

13 Expert Roundtable on Addressing the Link between Travel Document Security and Population Registration/Civil Registration Documents and Processes RECOMMENDATIONS 1. OSCE to look at TDS in a more holistic and crossdimensional manner with ATU s expertise in TDS and ODIHR s expertise in freedom of movement and population registration; 2. OSCE to use its observer status in the ICAO NTWG and ICBWG and actively partake, complement and support relevant work related to identification management based on its expertise in TDS and Civil Registration and also to promote the work of ICAO WGs in the OSCE area; 13

14 Expert Roundtable on Addressing the Link between Travel Document Security and Population Registration/Civil Registration Documents and Processes RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.) 3. OSCE to consider follow-up activities complementing pertinent efforts by the ICAO WGs: Take stock of current efforts to strengthen and standardize aspects related to civil registration which could further enhance global initiatives on evidence of identity; Develop a compendium of best practices on effectively linking the most common civil registration systems with travel document issuance systems. 14

15 Expert Roundtable on Addressing the Link between Travel Document Security and Population Registration/Civil Registration Documents and Processes RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.) 4. OSCE to use its platform and forum for dialogue to facilitate exchange of information on the issue of travel documents issued to fraudsters on the base of forged breeder documents or other weaknesses in the civil registry process thereby providing experts a better picture of the extent of the problem; 5. OSCE to assist border control officials with getting judicial procedures started when faced with imposters or individuals travelling under a fake identity. 15

16 Rahmat! Thank you! Спасибо! Contact in OSCE Secretariat: Contact in ODIHR: 16