<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear All of you,<div><br></div><div>I really appreciated the letter...I signed it of course as it is the only initiative from civil society on the basis of a universal problem of protection and not only a problem for american citizens' protection (that I love, any how)</div><div><br></div><div>But I think that besides OAS and OAS's HR commission please, the letter should be also sent to the Council of Europe..The only international organization with a data protection convention (by the way open to third country) and its European Court of Human rights</div><div>It's address is :</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Council of Europe</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>General Directorate I - Human Rights and Rule of Law </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "> </span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>67075 Strasbourg Cedex, </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>France</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "> </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thank you again for that initiative</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Marie GEORGES<br><br></span></font><div><br></div><div>Le 19 juin 2013 à 17:48, Carlos A. Afonso a écrit :</div><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>More precisely, the IACHR:<br><br>Inter-American Commission on Human Rights<br>Organization of American States<br>1889 F St NW<br>Washington, D.C., 20006<br>United States of America<br><br>Telephone: 202 370 9000<br>Fax: 202 458 3992 / 202 458 3650 / 202 458 6215<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:cidhdenuncias@oas.org">cidhdenuncias@oas.org</a><br><br>fraternal regards<br><br>--c.a.<br><br>On 06/17/2013 12:43 PM, Carolina Rossini wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I also suggest OAS.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">C<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">2013/6/17 José Félix Arias Ynche <<a href="mailto:jaryn56@gmail.com">jaryn56@gmail.com</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> No solamente se le debe de enviar la misiva al Congreso Norteamericano,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">sino también a los siguientes organismos:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">-ONU<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> -Comisión Europea de Justicia y Derechos Fundamentales<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Para que se pronuncien ante sus Estados miembros y otros vinculados a<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">deliberar a un amplio, y profundo debate transparente sobre:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">La interferencia con los derechos humanos de los ciudadanos de cualquier<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> país, que de acuerdo con la Carta de la ONU (arts. 55 y 56) obliga a todos<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">sus miembros a promover “El respeto Universal a los Derechos Humanos y a<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">las Libertades Fundamentales de todos.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Siendo inaceptable la actual situación de la vigilancia de las<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">telecomunicaciones y comunicaciones digitales que los ciudadanos de<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">cualquier país afrontan en estos momentos, las cuales amenazan gravemente<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">sus derechos a la privacidad de comunicar sus pensamientos privados.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Ello no solamente viola y pone en peligro los derechos fundamentales a la<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">libertad de pensamiento, de opinión, de expresión y asociación que es<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">centro de toda práctica democrática, también viola los valores de la<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">dignidad humana, libertad, democracia, igualdad, Estado de Derecho y<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">respeto de los derechos humanos, incluidos los derechos de las personas<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">pertenecientes a minorías.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">*Cordialmente: José Félix Arias Ynche*<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">* Investigador Social Para El Desarrollo*<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">2013/6/17 Norbert Bollow <<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch">nb@bollow.ch</a>><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Parminder <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Saturday 15 June 2013 02:49 PM, Baudouin SCHOMBE wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I support this statement. After all, no one can pretend to be above<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the law.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">When there is no global law then it is more difficult to say no one<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">can be above the law.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I think that international human rights law can reasonably be accepted<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">as being a legitimate form of global law.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">IMO the main problem there is the weakness of the enforcement<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">mechanisms.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">WTO rules and international copyright law have a much lower degree of<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">legitimacy (especially given how much the world has changed since<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">those rules were adopted, in ways that at least draw into question the<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">continued validity of the assumptions on which those rule-making<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">processes were based) but much stronger enforcement.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Greetings,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Norbert<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Recommendations for effective and constructive participation in IGC:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">1. 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