<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">++1<br>This is excellent <br>Shaila<br><div><span></span></div><div> </div><style><!--filtered {font-family:"Comic Sans MS";panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";}filtered {margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}div.Section1 {}--></style><style><!--filtered {font-family:"Comic Sans MS";panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";}filtered {margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}div.Section1 {}--></style><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0,
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!<br></span></b></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette@apc.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Deborah Brown <deborah@accessnow.org> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> bestbits@lists.bestbits.net; "irp@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" <irp@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 10, 2013 3:56 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [IRPCoalition] [bestbits] Re: CS statement: DNI releases Fact
Sheet on PRISM, but the damage is already done<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>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><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 ymailto="mailto:joana@varonferraz.com" href="mailto:joana@varonferraz.com">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>>> Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS-FGV) <<a href="http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts/" target="_blank">http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts/</a>><br>>> @joana_varon<br>>><br>>><br>>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <<a ymailto="mailto:anriette@apc.org" href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">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 ymailto="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">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 ymailto="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com" href="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com">genekimmelman@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com" href="mailto:genekimmelman@gmail.com">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 ymailto="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org">deborah@accessnow.org</a> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org">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 bestbits.net <<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
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https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>> --<br>>>>>>> Deborah Brown<br>>>>>>> Policy Analyst<br>>>>>>> Access | AccessNow.org<br>>>>>>> E. <a ymailto="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org">deborah@accessnow.org</a> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org">deborah@accessnow.org</a>><br>>>>>>> @deblebrown<br>>>>>>> PGP 0x5EB4727D<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>>> --<br>>>>>> --<br>>>>>> Joana Varon Ferraz<br>>>>>> Centro de
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