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Dear all, <br>
<br>
As you might be aware, there is an ongoing effort to establish a <span
class=""> UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy. The Human
Rights Council is expected to consider this at its current
session, which began today in Geneva. </span><br>
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<div class=""><span class="">If established, the rapporteur will
provide much-needed leadership and guidance on developing an
understanding of the scope and content on the right to privacy,
as well as strengthening the monitoring of states and companies'
compliance with their responsibility to respect and protect the
right to privacy in their laws, policies and practices.</span></div>
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We have been working with Privacy International and others to
develop an oral statement (attached), which will be delivered during
the session of the Council. We are inviting <span class="">NGOs to
join this statement in order to send a strong signal of support
for the creation of a Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy.
<br>
<br>
Given the previous interest on Best Bits in privacy and
surveillance issues, I wanted to share this statement here to give
you the opportunity to sign on. If your organisation is
interested to join it, please email Tomaso Falchetta (at <a
href="mailto:tomasof@privacyinternational.org" class="">tomasof@privacyinternational.org</a>)
and Shawna Finnegan (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:shawna@apc.org">shawna@apc.org</a>) by <b>no later
than Wednesday, 11 March</b></span>.<br>
<br>
<b>Please note that this statement is not for publication before 13
March. </b><br>
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All the best, <br>
Deborah <br>
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