<div dir="ltr">Dear all, we just got confirmation that HRW has a speaking slot to make the intervention. They're towards the list, so it's not guaranteed.<div><br></div><div>The session appears to be running a bit behind, but here's the direct link to the webstream again so you have it handy.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/23rd-regular-session-of-the-human-rights-council-27-may-14-june-2013/2178978643001/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/23rd-regular-session-of-the-human-rights-council-27-may-14-june-2013/2178978643001/</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best, <br>Deborah <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all<br>
<br>
Here is the version that will be read. We had to shorten it so that it<br>
is within the 2 minutes space we have.<br>
<br>
Anriette<br>
<div><div><br>
<br>
On 10/06/2013 12:36, Deborah Brown wrote:<br>
> Thanks Joana!<br>
> Just a quick note to explain that the statement will be made on behalf of<br>
> APC because as an ECOSOC accredited org they are able to make interventions<br>
> and have graciously facilitated and contributed this intervention. We have<br>
> asked the speaker from HRW to take a look at the the Best Bits link for the<br>
> current list of signatories before reading it at the afternoon session 1500<br>
> Geneva time, so she will be able to say that she is making the statement on<br>
> behalf of xx orgs from around the world. So please make sure you endorse<br>
> the statement at <a href="http://bestbits.net/prism-nsa/" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/prism-nsa/</a><br>
><br>
> I will begin adding those of you who already endorsed it, so look for a<br>
> confirmation email and click the link.<br>
><br>
> Jeremy, can you fix the layout and footnotes when you have a chance?<br>
><br>
> Thanks to all of you for helping to make this happen in less than 24 hours<br>
> across many time zones.<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> Deborah<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Joana Varon <<a href="mailto:joana@varonferraz.com" target="_blank">joana@varonferraz.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Dear Anriette and all,<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks a lot for all the work that has been made in such a short period of<br>
>> time. This was amazing!<br>
>> Here is the link for the next endorsements: <a href="http://bestbits.net/prism-nsa/" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/prism-nsa/</a><br>
>> Please, let's spread it!<br>
>> best<br>
>> joana<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>><br>
>> Joana Varon Ferraz<br>
</div></div>>> Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS-FGV) <<a href="http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts/" target="_blank">http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts/</a>><br>
<div><div>>> @joana_varon<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a>>wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Dear all<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks for all the inputs. We have tried to include them all.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Here is the final text that will be uploaded to the HRC site and read<br>
>>> later today by Human Rights Watch on APC's behalf. We have included<br>
>>> signatories as available now. Deborah will coordinate adding further<br>
>>> names.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Best<br>
>>><br>
>>> Anriette<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On 10/06/2013 11:40, Marianne Franklin wrote:<br>
>>>> Dear all<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> +1 from me.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> MF<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On 10/06/2013 10:37, parminder wrote:<br>
>>>>> I support this text by Joy...<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On Monday 10 June 2013 02:56 PM, joy wrote:<br>
>>>> Hi - sharing some ideas that came also from discussion with Frank La<br>
>>>> Rue's office and my suggested edits relate to the last para, the<br>
>>>> recommended action to the Council: - I think we have a 3 pronged<br>
>>>> approach to the call to action which is looking really good:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> "We call on the Human Rights Council to act swiftly to prevent<br>
>>>> creation of a global Internet based surveillance system by:<br>
>>>> 1) convening a special session to examine this case 2) supporting the<br>
>>>> recommendation of Mr La Rue that the Human Rights Committee develop of<br>
>>>> a new General Comment 16 on the right to privacy in light of<br>
>>>> technological advancements and 3) requesting the High Commissioner to<br>
>>>> prepare a report a) formally asking states to report on practices and<br>
>>>> laws in place on survellilance and what corrective steps will they<br>
>>>> willl take to meet human rights standards and b) examing the<br>
>>>> implications of this case in in the light of the Human Rights Council<br>
>>>> endorsed United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human<br>
>>>> Rights, the "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework of A/HRC/RES/17/4.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Joy<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On 10/06/2013 8:47 p.m.,<br>
>>>> Joana Varon wrote:<br>
>>>>> Sure, Parminder. Lets remove company names.<br>
>>>>> And thanks for the comprehension.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, parminder<br>
>>>> <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> Hi All<br>
>>>>> IT for Change will endorse this .... (There are some changes I<br>
>>>> would have liked to propose but due to the urgency of the issue i<br>
>>>> would not do it now. Certainly the names of the companies involved<br>
>>>> 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<br>
>>>> not Philippe Dam with Human Rights Watch may be a useful person to<br>
>>>> talk to on this. i am cc-ing the email to him. He is attending the HR<br>
>>>> Council meeting. Wonder if Joy is still there?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> Best, parminder<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> 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<br>
>>>> Rights Council regarding the impact of state surveillance on human<br>
>>>> rights. The draft statement is below. We are currently reaching out to<br>
>>>> Geneva based orgs who might be able to assist with delivery (thanks<br>
>>>> Joy) and if not we can still publish it and do outreach.<br>
>>>>>> Given the short timeframe, can any further edits be sent on<br>
>>>> this thread in the next 3.5 hours? Then I will post it to the Best<br>
>>>> Bits site to facilitate endorsement. In the meantime, if organizations<br>
>>>> or individuals feel comfortable endorsing this draft, please reply on<br>
>>>> this thread and we can add your name through the Best Bits system<br>
>>>> later. As a reminder, this statement would be part of a debate at the<br>
>>>> HRC that will take place at 15:00 Geneva time on Monday. Though not<br>
>>>> ideal, this was the best time frame we could come up with for<br>
>>>> facilitating input and sign on.<br>
>>>>>> Thanks to everyone who worked on this over the last 12 hours<br>
>>>> and apologies for any shortcoming in the process because of time<br>
>>>> constraints. Looking forward to more input and to working together to<br>
>>>> get this finalized.<br>
>>>>>> Best,<br>
>>>>>> Deborah<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Agenda item 8:/General Debate/<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Civil Society Statement to the Human Rights Council on the<br>
>>>> impact of State Surveillance on Human Rights addressing the PRISM/NSA<br>
>>> case<br>
>>>>>> Thank you Mr. President. I speak on behalf of ______<br>
>>>> organizations from ___ countries, across ___ regions. This is a truly<br>
>>>> global issue. We express strong concern over recent revelations of<br>
>>>> surveillance of internet and telephone communications of US and non-US<br>
>>>> nationals by the government of the United States of America. Equally<br>
>>>> concerning is the provision of access to the results of that<br>
>>>> surveillance to other governments such as the United Kingdom, and the<br>
>>>> indication of the possible complicity of some of the globally dominant<br>
>>>> US-based Internet companies whose services and reach are universally<br>
>>>> distributed. These revelations raise the appearance of, and may even<br>
>>>> suggest a blatant and systematic disregard for human rights as<br>
>>>> articulated in Articles 17 and 19 of the International Covenant on<br>
>>>> Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), as well as Articles 12 and 19 of<br>
>>>> the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.<br>
>>>>>> Just last year the Council unanimously adopted Resolution 20/8,<br>
>>>> which "Affirms that the same rights that people have offline must also<br>
>>>> be protected online, in particular freedom of expression ..."[1] But<br>
>>>> during this session the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression<br>
>>>> reported (A/HRC/23/40) worrying new trends in state surveillance of<br>
>>>> communications with serious implications for the exercise of the human<br>
>>>> rights to privacy and to freedom of opinion and expression. The<br>
>>>> Special Rapporteur notes that inadequate and non-existent legal<br>
>>>> frameworks "create a fertile ground for arbitrary and unlawful<br>
>>>> infringements of the right to privacy in communications and,<br>
>>>> consequently, also threaten the protection of the right to freedom of<br>
>>>> opinion and expression". [2]<br>
>>>>>> Affirmation of internet rights and freedoms by governments in<br>
>>>> the cross regional statement on freedom of expression and the Internet<br>
>>>> is important. But civil society is extremely concerned that<br>
>>>> governments supporting this statement are not addressing, and in fact<br>
>>>> are ignoring, the recent serious revelations about mass surveillance<br>
>>>> in the PRISM/NSA case. Although the personal information disclosed<br>
>>>> under this programme is subject to the oversight of the US Foreign<br>
>>>> Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), that court sits in secret and<br>
>>>> has no responsiblity for ensuring the human rights of those not<br>
>>>> subject to US jurisdiction.<br>
>>>>>> The introduction of surveillance mechanisms into the very heart<br>
>>>> of the data streams of the globally central service providers storing<br>
>>>> and communicating the majority of the world's digital communications<br>
>>>> is a backward step for human rights in the digital age. As La Rue<br>
>>>> notes: "This raises serious concern with regard to the<br>
>>>> extra-territorial commission of human rights violations and the<br>
>>>> inability of individuals to know that they might be subject to foreign<br>
>>>> surveillance, challenge decisions with respect to foreign<br>
>>>> surveillance, or seek remedies." An immediate response is needed.<br>
>>>>>> We call on companies that are voluntary and involuntary parties<br>
>>>> to the violation of the fundamental rights of their users globally to<br>
>>>> immediately suspend this practice. Such action would uphold the Human<br>
>>>> Rights Council endorsed United Nations Guiding Principles on Business<br>
>>>> and Human Rights, the "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework of<br>
>>>> A/HRC/RES/17/4.<br>
>>>>>> We call for protection of those who have made these violations<br>
>>>> public. As Mr La Rue notes, laws "must not be used to target<br>
>>>> whistleblowers ... nor should they hamper the legitimate oversight of<br>
>>>> government action by citizens." We urge States protect those<br>
>>>> whistleblowers involved in this case and to support their efforts to<br>
>>>> combat violations of the fundamental human rights of all global<br>
>>>> citizens. Whistleblowers play a critical role in promoting<br>
>>>> transparency and upholding the human rights of all.<br>
>>>>>> This recent case is a new kind of human rights violation<br>
>>>> specifically relevant to the Internet and one foreshadowed in the<br>
>>>> Council's 2012 Expert Panel on Freedom of Expression and the Internet.<br>
>>>> We therefore call on the Human Rights Council to act swiftly to<br>
>>>> prevent creation of a global Internet based surveillance system. One<br>
>>>> action the Council could take would be to follow up the Expert Panel<br>
>>>> by convening a multistakeholder process to support the recommendation<br>
>>>> of Mr. La Rue that the Human Rights Committee develop a new General<br>
>>>> Comment on the right to privacy in light of technological advancements<br>
>>>>>> [1]<br>
>>> <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><br>
>>>>>> [2]<br>
>>> <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><br>
>>>>>> ENDS<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Gene Kimmelman<br>
>>>> <<a href="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com" target="_blank">genekimmelman@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com" target="_blank">genekimmelman@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>> I'm glad to see everyone diving in on this. I have only one<br>
>>>> overarching issue to raise concerning the framing of whatever groups<br>
>>>> decide to put out: I believe it would be most powerful to challenge<br>
>>>> both the US Gvt. and companies to explain how what they have done<br>
>>>> does NOT constitute human rights violations, with specific details<br>
>>>> to explain their stance. I believe all the language people are<br>
>>>> suggesting can fit within this framing, and put the burden on others<br>
>>>> to show how our concerns are not justified. This has more to do with<br>
>>>> long-term diplomatic impact that anything else; the debate will<br>
>>>> continue and many of the facts will probably never be made public --<br>
>>>> but I think it is a strategic advantage for civil society to always be<br>
>>>> calling for transparency and basing its conclusions on both what facts<br>
>>>> are presented, and what concerns are not addressed by the presentation<br>
>>>> 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<br>
>>>> <<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> In any case, we could still work on a statement to be<br>
>>>> released around this discussion, or later in the HRC session, which<br>
>>>> ends this week. Jeremy, have you had the chance to work on an outline?<br>
>>>> If not, I'm happy to help start the drafting process. My main concern<br>
>>>> is whether we have enough time for significant participation from a<br>
>>>> 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<br>
>>>> statement on <a href="http://bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits.net</a> <<a href="http://bestbits.net/" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/</a>> 5 hours before the<br>
>>>> hearing? Those who are working on the pad can pre-endorse it there.<br>
>>>> If 5 hours ahead is not enough, then I'll need to instruct someone<br>
>>>> else on how to do it earlier, because I'll be in the air until then.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>>>> --<br>
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>>>>>> Deborah Brown<br>
>>>>>> Policy Analyst<br>
>>>>>> Access | AccessNow.org<br>
>>>>>> E. <a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a>><br>
>>>>>> @deblebrown<br>
>>>>>> PGP 0x5EB4727D<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> --<br>
>>>>> --<br>
>>>>> Joana Varon Ferraz<br>
>>>>> Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS-FGV)<br>
>>>>> @joana_varon<br>
>>> --<br>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------<br>
>>> anriette esterhuysen <a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a><br>
>>> executive director, association for progressive communications<br>
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anriette esterhuysen <a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:13px"><font face="garamond, serif">Deborah Brown</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:13px">
<font face="garamond, serif">Policy Analyst</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:13px"><font face="garamond, serif">Access | AccessNow.org</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:13px">
<font face="garamond, serif">E. <a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:13px">
<font face="garamond, serif">@deblebrown</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:13px"><font face="garamond, serif">PGP 0x5EB4727D</font></div>
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