On Thursday, October 28.10, the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee held a hearing on the Criminal Procedure (Enforcement Powers - Search of the Suspect's Body) (Amendment) (Taking Identification Means and Identification Data Database) Bill, 2004, on behalf of the government.
On Thursday, October 28.10, the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee held a hearing on the Criminal Procedure (Enforcement Powers - Search of the Suspect's Body) (Amendment) (Taking Identification Means and Identification Data Database) Bill, 2004, on behalf of the government.
This bill aims to regulate the authority of the Israel Police to take a means of identification, such as a blood or hair sample, from a suspect, accused or convicted person, in order to produce data that will enable the identification of the person from whom they were taken. This data will be kept for this purpose in a database that will be managed by the Israel Police, for the purposes of investigating crimes and conducting criminal proceedings, preventing and thwarting crimes, identifying, verifying or verifying identity.
The chairman of the committee, MK Michael Eitan, asked the Ministry of Justice to prepare a position paper, in collaboration with the Knesset's information and research department, regarding the possibility of establishing a national database, which would include samples from the entire population. "Taking a sample from each person may serve the individual and the community in other areas, such as identifying missing persons in the event of a natural disaster or for future medical needs." MK Eitan pointed out that the right to privacy must be protected at all costs, but the society of the future will know how to derive enormous benefits from the developing technologies that will be impossible to ignore.
The representative of the Association for Civil Rights, Adv. Lila Margalit, said that the establishment of a comprehensive database, for the entire population, may lead to the reality of "1984". She recommended the Canadian model according to which samples from those who have committed serious crimes should be included in the database.
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