[bestbits] Important new joint submission to CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation

[genekimmelman at gmail.com]

That's fine by me,  but also willing to describe tyrannical regimes simply as regimes that have no respect for human rights principles. 

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From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> 
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To: genekimmelman at gmail.com 
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Subject: Re: [bestbits] Important new joint submission to CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation 
 
On 23/08/2013, at 7:16 PM, genekimmelman at gmail.com wrote:

I hope we will reconsider use of the word tyrannical to describe any regime or action.  If our goal is to make a strong statement and express some kind of parallelism between vastly different countries,  it may be more effective to use a less provocative word. 
Maybe something that conveys disrespect for human rights principles? 

Thanks for this feedback.  Would it be OK if we just delete the second "tyrannical" leaving it as follows:

"And whilst the UN is characterised by some as being a haven for tyrranical regimes, the United States itself is widely criticised as having infringed global human rights norms through its global surveillance practices, and for its pursuit of whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden for exposing such practices."

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