Anne-Sophie Lois

A voter holds his national identity card as he waits to cast his vote at a polling station in Quetta, Pakistan, May 11, 2013.

More than 1 billion ‘invisible people’ worldwide have no proof of identity

October 22, 2017Justice

More than 1.1 billion people worldwide officially don’t exist — going about their daily lives without proof of identity. The issue leaves a significant fraction of the global population deprived of health and education services.