[bestbits] Call for Submissions for new UN study on use of encryption and anonymity

[Joana Varon]

Very important. Thanks for sharing. Will be happy to produce inputs from the Brazilian Perspective. If anyone from Latam also want to do so, please, ping me and we can do something regional. 
best
jo

On 19 January 2015 16:09:48 GMT-02:00, Deborah Brown <deborah at apc.org> wrote:
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>Dear all,
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>In case of interest, the new UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye is
>looking
>at the use of encryption and anonymity in his first report and is
>encouraging input from civil society. The deadline is 10 Feb.
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>Best,
>Deborah
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>http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/CallForSubmission.aspx
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>      Special Rapporteur will study the use of encryption and anonymity
>in digital communications in his 2015 HRC report
>
>The Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of the right to
>freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, is currently preparing a
>report on the legal framework governing the relationship between
>freedom
>of expression and the use of encryption to secure transactions and
>communications, and other technologies to transact and communicate
>anonymously online. This report will be presented to the Human Rights
>Council in June, 2015.
>
>To prepare his study, Mr. Kaye is gathering information on national
>laws, regulations, policies or practices that permit or limit, directly
>or indirectly, the use of encryption technologies and services or the
>ability of individuals to communicate anonymously online. All States
>are
>being asked called to submit information on their relevant national
>norms and policies.
>
>Similarly, the Special Rapporteur would like to encourage all
>interested
>non-governmental stakeholders – including civil society, corporate
>actors, international and regional organizations, and national human
>rights institutions – to provide their views on the appropriate scope
>of
>the right to freedom of expression as applied to encryption and
>anonymity. He would particularly appreciate receiving comments
>addressing this matter from legal, state practice, or technical
>perspectives.
>
>Any available information should be sent electronically to
>freedex at ohchr.org <mailto:freedex at ohchr.org>, *not later than 10
>February 2015*.
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