<div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Dear Becky, dear colleagues, <br><span><br>HRC member states, in para. 10 of the Resolution, <br>"<i>condemn </i><i><span>unequivocally </span></i><span>measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt
access to or dissemination of information online in violation of </span>international<span> human rights law and calls on all States </span>to
refrain from and cease such measures;"<br><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>HRC resolutions, unlike some Chapter VII-based SC Resolutions, do not come with clear sanctions. A shutdown will formally not have any different consequences after the resolution than before. However, it </span><span>is an important statement which can be used for advocacy, and as evidence before courts and by academia of an emerging international consensus on the subject, a crystallization of a customary international law right to access and perhaps as a normative step towards the recognition of an shared international responsibility for the integrity of the Internet.  <br><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>That Internet shutdowns are illegal because they are, almost without exception, not based in law, in pursuance of a legitimate aim, and proporiationate to the aim pursued, is pretty clear. But it's very good </span><span style="line-height:115%">I see the HRC embrace this approach so publicly. Teh resolution is a also a step in the direction of shared responsibility for the integrity of the Internet. <br><br>But formally, Internet shutdowns just as other HR violations do not provide the international community (except in responsibilty to protect-situation of mass atrocities of which Internet shutdowns might be an early sign) with a title to intervene. <br> <br></span><span style="line-height:115%"></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">On a related note, the <span><span><a href="http://www.nwv.at/recht/verfassungsrecht/1210_european_yearbook_on_human_rights_2016/" target="_blank">European
Yearbook on Human Rights 2016</a></span></span>, which I co-edited together with (i.a.) Wolfgang Benedek, is out now. <br></font></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br>Kind regards<br><br></font></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Matthias<br></font></span><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br><br><br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 12:55 AM, Becky Lentz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roberta.lentz@mcgill.ca" target="_blank">roberta.lentz@mcgill.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br></font></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Dear BB colleagues with HR legal expertise…</font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Just wondering what enforcement teeth this kind of resolution has? What steps are possible if/when another shutdown happens? What’s the first/next step if/when that happens please?</font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Thanks,</font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">B.</font></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>----------------------</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>Becky Lentz, PhD</span></font></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>
Associate Professor of Communication Studies</span><br></font></span><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>McGill University Faculty of Arts</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>853 Sherbrooke Street West, Arts Building, W-265</span><span><br></span><span>Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0G5</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>P</span></font><font size="2"><span>hone 514.398.4995</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>F</span></font><font size="2"><span>ax 514.398.8557</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Email: <a href="mailto:becky.lentz@mcgill.ca" target="_blank">becky.lentz@mcgill.ca</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span><a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs" target="_blank">http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs</a></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span><div style="text-align:left;color:black;border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(181,196,223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> "Deji Olukotun, Access Now" <<a href="mailto:info@act.accessnow.org" target="_blank">info@act.accessnow.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> "Deji Olukotun, Access Now" <<a href="mailto:info@act.accessnow.org" target="_blank">info@act.accessnow.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 12:36 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:becky.lentz@mcgill.ca" target="_blank">becky.lentz@mcgill.ca</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> The UN says no more internet shutdowns!<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote><div><div style="width:100%!important;min-height:100%;margin:0px;padding:0px"><table bgcolor="#efefef" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
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                                                                                                <p style="line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;margin:0.9em 25px">Good news! On Friday,<b> the United Nations Human Rights Council <a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=648944&ea.campaigner.email=kcGOb7dSS%2FUM2VG5zWPfkyI35sBDF31e&ea.campaigner.id=PUHLa0Jj%2ByqZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">adopted a resolution</a> condemning internet shutdowns</b>. This is a huge step toward protecting human rights online and a MAJOR milestone for the movement to <a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=648945&ea.campaigner.email=kcGOb7dSS%2FUM2VG5zWPfkyI35sBDF31e&ea.campaigner.id=PUHLa0Jj%2ByqZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">#KeepItOn.</a></p>

                                                                                                <p style="line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;margin:0.9em 25px">With help from people like you, we’re spreading the word about internet shutdowns — and how deeply they impact people’s lives. Now, the world’s leading international human rights body has unanimously spoken: when governments shut down the internet, they abuse our rights and violate international law.</p>

                                                                                                <p style="line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;margin:0.9em 25px">This is a moment for celebration, but it’s also a moment for reflection. The same week we saw this amazing victory, we also saw shutdowns in Turkey, Bahrain, and Algeria. <b>We need your help to seize this moment at the UN and put an end to internet shutdowns for good.</b></p>

                                                                                                <p style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1.6;margin:0.9em 25px"><a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=648946&ea.campaigner.email=kcGOb7dSS%2FUM2VG5zWPfkyI35sBDF31e&ea.campaigner.id=PUHLa0Jj%2ByqZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank"><img alt="Donate" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/1921/KeepItOn_Donation_button.png?v=1467405595000" style="text-align: center; display: block; width: 100%; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;"></a></p>

                                                                                                <p style="line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;margin:0.9em 25px"><b><span style="line-height:28.16px">First, you can </span><a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=648947&ea.campaigner.email=kcGOb7dSS%2FUM2VG5zWPfkyI35sBDF31e&ea.campaigner.id=PUHLa0Jj%2ByqZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank"><b style="line-height:28.16px">make a donation</b></a></b><span style="line-height:28.16px"><b> to support the #KeepItOn campaign.</b> From working with UN delegates on this resolution to providing direct technical assistance to victims of internet shutdowns around the world, Access Now is fighting at all levels to stop internet shutdowns, and your support makes all the difference.</span></p>

                                                                                                <p style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1.6;margin:0.9em 25px"><a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=648948&ea.campaigner.email=kcGOb7dSS%2FUM2VG5zWPfkyI35sBDF31e&ea.campaigner.id=PUHLa0Jj%2ByqZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank"><img alt="Take the pledge" src="https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/1921/KeepItOn_Pledge_button.png?v=1467405606000" style="text-align: center; display: block; width: 100%; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;"></a></p>

                                                                                                <p style="line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;margin:0.9em 25px"><span style="line-height:28.16px">Next, if you haven’t already, join the community of activists committed to fighting internet shutdowns by <a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=648949&ea.campaigner.email=kcGOb7dSS%2FUM2VG5zWPfkyI35sBDF31e&ea.campaigner.id=PUHLa0Jj%2ByqZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank"><b>taking the #KeepItOn pledge.</b></a> It’s going to take all of us standing together to make this happen.</span></p>

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                                                                                                <p style="line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;margin:0.9em 25px"><span style="line-height:28.16px">Now, <b>tell everyone you know about this awesome victory</b> and encourage them to join you in the fight to #KeepItOn! Click here to share the pledge on <a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=648953&ea.campaigner.email=kcGOb7dSS%2FUM2VG5zWPfkyI35sBDF31e&ea.campaigner.id=PUHLa0Jj%2ByqZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=648954&ea.campaigner.email=kcGOb7dSS%2FUM2VG5zWPfkyI35sBDF31e&ea.campaigner.id=PUHLa0Jj%2ByqZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. (Even Edward Snowden supported the fight! Check out his <a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=648955&ea.campaigner.email=kcGOb7dSS%2FUM2VG5zWPfkyI35sBDF31e&ea.campaigner.id=PUHLa0Jj%2ByqZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">tweet here</a>.)</span></p>

                                                                                                <p style="line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;margin:0.9em 25px">Thanks for everything you’ve done and will do to help move us closer to a world free of internet shutdowns. We couldn’t do it without you.</p>

                                                                                                <p style="line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;margin:0.9em 25px">Together in the fight,</p>

                                                                                                <p style="line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;margin:0.9em 25px">Deji Olukotun<br>
                                                                                                Access Now</p>

                                                                                                <p style="line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;margin:0.9em 25px">P.S. <a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=648956&ea.campaigner.email=kcGOb7dSS%2FUM2VG5zWPfkyI35sBDF31e&ea.campaigner.id=PUHLa0Jj%2ByqZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank">Your donation</a> will help us keep the fight in the halls of the UN, on the ground providing direct technical assistance, and beyond. Thanks for your support.</p>
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Yearbook on Human Rights 2016 (2016)<br><span><span><span></span></span></span></a><a href="http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/akademie/12068.pdf" target="_blank">Völkerrecht in Zeiten des Netzes (2015)</a><br><span><span><span><a href="https://book.coe.int/eur/en/human-rights-and-democracy/5810-freedom-of-expression-and-the-internet.html" target="_blank">Freedom of Expression and the Internet (2014, co-author)</a></span></span></span></p></span></span></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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