<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all,<br><br></div><div>The Internet Democracy Project will be signing this as well. <br><br></div><div>Parminder, could you explain why you felt company names should be removed? Just wondering.<br>
<br></div><div>Also, if we are contacting Catalina, would it be worthwhile to write to Dunja as well? I'd be happy to do so. Is it an endorsement we want from them, or something else?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Just a last minute edit to propose - in the following two paras I have moved the sentence that starts with "although the personal information disclosed under this programme..." to the end, as I felt this made a stronger argument. The reason I propose to do so is because its current location immediately made me wonder about sovereignty issues and the extent to which states have the obligations to protect the rights of non-citizens and non-residents. By moving the sentence we have a greater chance of pre-empting such questions: <br>
<br><div class="" id="magicdomid35"><span class="">"Affirmation of </span><span class="">I</span><span class="">nternet
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 r</span><span class="">ecent </span><span class="">serious </span><span class="">rev</span><span class="">e</span><span class="">lations </span><span class="">about mass surveillance in the </span><span class="">PRISM/NSA case</span><span class="">.</span><span class=""> T</span><span class="">he </span><span class="">introduction</span><span class=""> of surveillance mechanisms </span><span class="">into the very heart of the data streams of the globally central </span><span class="">service providers stor</span><span class="">ing and communicating</span><span class=""> the majorit</span><span class="">y of </span><span class="">the world'</span><span class="">s</span><span class=""> digital communications </span><span class="">is </span><span class="">a backward step for human rights </span><span class="">in the digital age</span><span class="">. As </span><span class="">La Rue notes: </span><span class=""><i>
"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." </i></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class=""></span><span class="">Although the personal information disclosed under this programme is subject to the oversight of the </span><span class="">US </span><span class="">Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), that court sits in secret and </span></span><span class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,0,0)">has no responsiblity for ensuring the human rights of those not subject to US jurisdiction.</span> </span><span class="">[delete: An immediate response is...] </span><br>
<br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid35">Would people be ok with this change? <br></div></div><div><br></div><span></span>Finally, I didn't understand why some of the suggestions regarding possible actions had been taken out of the main text. Could someone maybe clarify?<br>
<br>Many thanks,<br>Anja<br><div><span></span><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 June 2013 14:17, Joana Varon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joana@varonferraz.com" target="_blank">joana@varonferraz.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Sure, Parminder. Lets remove company names. <div>And thanks for the comprehension. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Verdana">Hi All<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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,
<div><br>
</div>
<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>
<div><br>
</div>
<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>
<div><br>
</div>
<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>
</div>
<div>Best, <br>
Deborah </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<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>
</div>
<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>
</div>
<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>
</div>
<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>
</div>
<div>[1] <a 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>
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>[2] <a 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>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>ENDS</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Gene
Kimmelman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com" target="_blank">genekimmelman@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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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>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>On Jun 9, 2013, at 8:50 PM, Jeremy Malcolm
wrote:</div>
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<div>On 10/06/2013, at 12:47 AM, Deborah Brown
<<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a>>
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 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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