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<div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Verdana">very sorry<br>
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Mis typed<br>
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I mean to say the names of the companies should be mentioned...<br>
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(they are not mentioned at present)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Monday 10 June 2013 02:17 PM,
Joana Varon wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Sure, Parminder. Lets remove company names.
<div style="">And thanks for the comprehension. </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM,
parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <font
face="Verdana">Hi All<br>
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IT for Change will endorse this .... (There are some
changes I would have liked to propose but due to the
urgency of the issue i would not do it now. Certainly
the names of the companies involved should have not
been mentioned in the statement. Can we still do it?.)<br>
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I am sure some of you may already be in contact with
him but if not Philippe Dam with Human Rights Watch
may be a useful person to talk to on this. i am cc-ing
the email to him. He is attending the HR Council
meeting. Wonder if Joy is still there? <br>
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Best, parminder<br>
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<div>On Monday 10 June 2013 10:07 AM, Deborah Brown
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear all,
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<div>Here's a quick update on the draft
statement to the Human Rights Council
regarding the impact of state surveillance on
human rights. The draft statement is below. We
are currently reaching out to Geneva based
orgs who might be able to assist with delivery
(thanks Joy) and if not we can still publish
it and do outreach. </div>
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<div>Given the short timeframe, can any further
edits be sent on this thread in the next 3.5
hours? Then I will post it to the Best Bits
site to facilitate endorsement. In the
meantime, if organizations or individuals feel
comfortable endorsing this draft, please reply
on this thread and we can add your name
through the Best Bits system later. As a
reminder, this statement would be part of a
debate at the HRC that will take place at
15:00 Geneva time on Monday. Though not ideal,
this was the best time frame we could come up
with for facilitating input and sign on.</div>
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<div>Thanks to everyone who worked on this over
the last 12 hours and apologies for any
shortcoming in the process because of time
constraints. Looking forward to more input and
to working together to get this finalized.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Best, <br>
Deborah </div>
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<div>Agenda item 8:/General Debate/</div>
<div> </div>
<div> Civil Society Statement to the Human
Rights Council on the impact of State
Surveillance on Human Rights addressing the
PRISM/NSA case</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Thank you Mr. President. I speak on
behalf of ______ organizations from ___
countries, across ___ regions. This is a
truly global issue. We express strong
concern over recent revelations of
surveillance of internet and telephone
communications of US and non-US nationals by
the government of the United States of
America. Equally concerning is the provision
of access to the results of that
surveillance to other governments such as
the United Kingdom, and the indication of
the possible complicity of some of the
globally dominant US-based Internet
companies whose services and reach are
universally distributed. These revelations
raise the appearance of, and may even
suggest a blatant and systematic disregard
for human rights as articulated in Articles
17 and 19 of the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), as well
as Articles 12 and 19 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Just last year the Council unanimously
adopted Resolution 20/8, which "Affirms that
the same rights that people have offline
must also be protected online, in particular
freedom of expression ..."[1] But during
this session the Special Rapporteur on
Freedom of Expression reported (A/HRC/23/40)
worrying new trends in state surveillance of
communications with serious implications for
the exercise of the human rights to privacy
and to freedom of opinion and expression.
The Special Rapporteur notes that inadequate
and non-existent legal frameworks "create a
fertile ground for arbitrary and unlawful
infringements of the right to privacy in
communications and, consequently, also
threaten the protection of the right to
freedom of opinion and expression". [2]</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Affirmation of internet rights and
freedoms by governments in the cross
regional statement on freedom of expression
and the Internet is important. But civil
society is extremely concerned that
governments supporting this statement are
not addressing, and in fact are ignoring,
the recent serious revelations about mass
surveillance in the PRISM/NSA case. Although
the personal information disclosed under
this programme is subject to the oversight
of the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court (FISC), that court sits in secret and
has no responsiblity for ensuring the human
rights of those not subject to US
jurisdiction.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The introduction of surveillance
mechanisms into the very heart of the data
streams of the globally central service
providers storing and communicating the
majority of the world's digital
communications is a backward step for human
rights in the digital age. As La Rue notes:
"This raises serious concern with regard to
the extra-territorial commission of human
rights violations and the inability of
individuals to know that they might be
subject to foreign surveillance, challenge
decisions with respect to foreign
surveillance, or seek remedies." An
immediate response is needed.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>We call on companies that are voluntary
and involuntary parties to the violation of
the fundamental rights of their users
globally to immediately suspend this
practice. Such action would uphold the Human
Rights Council endorsed United Nations
Guiding Principles on Business and Human
Rights, the “Protect, Respect and Remedy”
Framework of A/HRC/RES/17/4.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>We call for protection of those who have
made these violations public. As Mr La Rue
notes, laws "must not be used to target
whistleblowers ... nor should they hamper
the legitimate oversight of government
action by citizens." We urge States protect
those whistleblowers involved in this case
and to support their efforts to combat
violations of the fundamental human rights
of all global citizens. Whistleblowers play
a critical role in promoting transparency
and upholding the human rights of all. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>This recent case is a new kind of human
rights violation specifically relevant to
the Internet and one foreshadowed in the
Council's 2012 Expert Panel on Freedom of
Expression and the Internet. We therefore
call on the Human Rights Council to act
swiftly to prevent creation of a global
Internet based surveillance system. One
action the Council could take would be to
follow up the Expert Panel by convening a
multistakeholder process to support the
recommendation of Mr. La Rue that the Human
Rights Committee develop a new General
Comment on the right to privacy in light of
technological advancements </div>
<div><br>
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<div>[1] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/153/25/PDF/G1215325.pdf?OpenElement"
target="_blank">http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/153/25/PDF/G1215325.pdf?OpenElement</a></div>
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<div>[2] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session23/A.HRC.23.40_EN.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session23/A.HRC.23.40_EN.pdf</a></div>
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<div>ENDS</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at
9:16 PM, Gene Kimmelman <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I'm glad
to see everyone diving in on this. I have
only one overarching issue to raise
concerning the framing of whatever groups
decide to put out: I believe it would be
most powerful to challenge both the US
Gvt. and companies to explain how what
they have done does NOT constitute human
rights violations, with specific details
to explain their stance. I believe all
the language people are suggesting can fit
within this framing, and put the burden on
others to show how our concerns are not
justified. This has more to do with
long-term diplomatic impact that anything
else; the debate will continue and many of
the facts will probably never be made
public -- but I think it is a strategic
advantage for civil society to always be
calling for transparency and basing its
conclusions on both what facts are
presented, and what concerns are not
addressed by the presentation of
convincing arguments/facts.<br>
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<div>On Jun 9, 2013, at 8:50 PM,
Jeremy Malcolm wrote:</div>
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<div>In any case, we could
still work on a
statement to be released
around this discussion,
or later in the HRC
session, which ends this
week. Jeremy, have you
had the chance to work
on an outline? If not,
I'm happy to help start
the drafting process. My
main concern is whether
we have enough time for
significant
participation from a
diversity of groups so
that this is coming from
a global coalition. </div>
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<div>Would it be OK if we copy
it from the pad to a sign-on
statement on <a
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href="http://bestbits.net/"
target="_blank">bestbits.net</a>
5 hours before the hearing?
Those who are working on the
pad can pre-endorse it there.
If 5 hours ahead is not
enough, then I'll need to
instruct someone else on how
to do it earlier, because I'll
be in the air until then.</div>
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