Diversity and Inclusion – the Next Debates for Identity Documents

In the socio-political dialogue, topics such as gender, diversity, participation and accessibility – in other words, diversity in general – play a more important role now than ever before. What all these have in common is that ultimately they emphasise identity, the ‘I’. This discussion – of its own accord – radiates out to the ID verification issue. Primarily, with passports, identity cards and driving licences. In this respect, it must be discussed whether and to what extent the area of ID verification is up-to-date.

The aforementioned documents have long since left the track of only providing proof of ID. The possession of passports has also long ceased to be proof of privilege of being able to afford to travel or, as was the case for a long time in the Eastern world, to be allowed to travel.