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+1 from me.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/06/2013 10:37, parminder wrote:<br>
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<font face="Verdana">I support this text by Joy...<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Monday 10 June 2013 02:56 PM, joy
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Hi - sharing some ideas that came also from discussion with
Frank La Rue's office and my suggested edits relate to the last
para, the recommended action to the Council: - I think we have a
3 pronged approach to the call to action which is looking really
good:<br>
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"We call on the Human Rights Council to act swiftly to prevent
creation of a global Internet based surveillance system by:<br>
1) convening a special session to examine this case 2)
supporting the recommendation of Mr La Rue that the Human Rights
Committee develop of a new General Comment 16 on the right to
privacy in light of technological advancements and 3) requesting
the High Commissioner to prepare a report a) formally asking
states to report on practices and laws in place on survellilance
and what corrective steps will they willl take to meet human
rights standards and b) examing the implications of this case in
in the light of 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.<br>
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Joy<br>
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On 10/06/2013 8:47 p.m.,<br>
Joana Varon wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Sure, Parminder. Lets
remove company names. <br>
> And thanks for the comprehension. <br>
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> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, parminder <<a
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href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net"><mailto:parminder@itforchange.net></a>>
wrote:<br>
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> 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>
><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>
><br>
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> On Monday 10 June 2013 10:07 AM, Deborah Brown wrote:<br>
>> Dear all, <br>
>><br>
>> 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. <br>
>><br>
>> 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.<br>
>><br>
>> 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.<br>
>><br>
>> Best, <br>
>> Deborah <br>
>><br>
>> Agenda item 8:/General Debate/<br>
>> <br>
>> Civil Society Statement to the Human Rights
Council on the impact of State Surveillance on Human Rights
addressing the PRISM/NSA case<br>
>><br>
>> 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.<br>
>><br>
>> 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]<br>
>><br>
>> 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.<br>
>><br>
>> 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.<br>
>><br>
>> 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.<br>
>><br>
>> 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. <br>
>> <br>
>> 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 <br>
>><br>
>> [1] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/153/25/PDF/G1215325.pdf?OpenElement">http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/G12/153/25/PDF/G1215325.pdf?OpenElement</a><br>
>><br>
>> [2] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session23/A.HRC.23.40_EN.pdf">http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session23/A.HRC.23.40_EN.pdf</a><br>
>><br>
>> ENDS<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Gene Kimmelman
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com">genekimmelman@gmail.com</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com"><mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com></a>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> 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>
>> On Jun 9, 2013, at 8:50 PM, Jeremy Malcolm
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> On 10/06/2013, at 12:47 AM, Deborah Brown
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org">deborah@accessnow.org</a>
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href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org"><mailto:deborah@accessnow.org></a>>
wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> 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. <br>
>>><br>
>>> Would it be OK if we copy it from the pad
to a sign-on statement on bestbits.net <a
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href="http://bestbits.net/"><http://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.<br>
>>><br>
>>> -- <br>
>>><br>
>>> *Dr Jeremy Malcolm<br>
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>>><br>
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>> -- <br>
>> Deborah Brown<br>
>> Policy Analyst<br>
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>> E. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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> Joana Varon Ferraz<br>
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Convener: Global Media & Transnational Communications Program
Co-Chair Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (UN IGF)
Goldsmiths, University of London
Dept. of Media & Communications
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Tel: +44 20 7919 7072
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