<div dir="ltr">Dear Jeremy,<div><br></div><div>Great initiative! Thanks for sharing it!</div><div>Working on how to guarantee greater participation and inclusion within processes that carry a heavily over-politicised/militarised/securitised notion of cybersecurity is a fundamental step towards building bridges between actors and reshaping cybersecurity through human rights perspectives.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-10-12 20:45 GMT-03:00 Renata Aquino Ribeiro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com" target="_blank">raquino@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi<br>
<br>
Thanks for bringing this, Jeremy.<br>
It seems to me that civil society finds increasingly a challenge to<br>
keep with cybersecurity issues so I've endorsed this with wished NGOs<br>
get involved in these debates.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Renata<br>
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> We have here another not very timely opportunity for endorsement of a<br>
> statement on cybersecurity:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://bestbits.net/unga-cyberspace-2016/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/unga-<wbr>cyberspace-2016/</a><br>
><br>
> The statement was shopped around only in the last two days to a smaller<br>
> group of peace and IG groups and academics and has been finalised already<br>
> for presentation at the UNGA. I've asked the organizer if he can give some<br>
> more notice next time, so that there is a better opportunity for people to<br>
> give input.<br>
><br>
> Here is an excerpt that I think many of us can agree with:<br>
><br>
> Treating cyber primarily as a military and security issue risks<br>
> institutionalising the broad idea of cyber conflict. This may lead to<br>
> preparations that escalate the threat, and responses that unnecessarily<br>
> escalate incidents, including misunderstandings, into armed conflict. It<br>
> also risks adopting a framework that is more permissive of harm to the<br>
> population than international human rights law allows. In working to prevent<br>
> cyber attacks, states should consider the full range of impacts on human<br>
> rights, international humanitarian law, protection of civilians and state<br>
> responsibility. In approaching these issues, it is therefore important to be<br>
> wary of overinflating the threat, and in doing so promoting militarisation<br>
> and escalation. We should remember that the Internet is essentially civilian<br>
> infrastructure and should not be made the target of or the medium for<br>
> attacks.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Jeremy Malcolm<br>
> Senior Global Policy Analyst<br>
> Electronic Frontier Foundation<br>
> <a href="https://eff.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://eff.org</a><br>
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><br>
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