[bestbits] [governance] Re: UNGA resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age

[Norbert Bollow]

Is the actual text which the committee has agreed on available
somewhere?

Greetings,
Norbert


On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 09:39:02 +0530
Guru <Guru at ITforChange.net> wrote:

> see 
> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/united-nations-moves-to-strengthen-digital-privacy/article6637660.ece
> 
> .....Mr. Braun warned that without proper checks, “we risk turning
> into Orwellian states” where citizens are being constantly monitored,
> he told the General Assembly’s committee on human rights. The
> resolution was adopted by consensus by the committee and now goes
> before the full Assembly in December. It followed weeks of tough
> negotiations with Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the
> U.S. — members of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence alliance — who
> sought to limit the resolution’s scope.
> The five countries are not among the 65 co-sponsors of the bill.
> 
> Five Eyes = Big Brother!  .... important to consider/remember this,
> as the Five Eyes are not amongst the countries routinely castigated
> by some, on these lists....
> 
> Regards
> Guru
> Gurumurthy Kasinathan
> Director, IT for Change
> In Special Consultative Status with the United Nations ECOSOC
> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Subject_Teacher_Forum
> 
> On Thursday 27 November 2014 04:58 AM, Deborah Brown wrote:
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> > Dear all,
> >
> > The UN General Assembly's 3rd committee passed a resolution on the
> > right to privacy in the digital age yesterday. The resolution will
> > be officially adopted by UNGA next month, but from here it's just
> > procedural. The resolution was adopted by consensus, at some cost.
> > But there is good text there, building on last year, and new
> > language encouraging the Human Rights Council to consider the
> > creation of a special procedure on the right to privacy.
> >
> > Here is APC's statement on the resolution:
> > https://www.apc.org/en/node/20029
> >
> > And statements from Brazil and Germany, which led this resolution
> >
> > Brazil:
> > http://statements.unmeetings.org/media2/4655554/brazil-l26-rev1.pdf
> >
> > Germany:
> > http://statements.unmeetings.org/media2/4655572/germany-l26-rev1.pdf
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Deborah