[bestbits] Oral statement - UN Human Rights Council re: SR on the right to privacy

[Deborah Brown]

Dear all,

As you might be aware, there is an ongoing effort to establish a UN
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy. The Human Rights Council is
expected to consider this at its current session, which began today in
Geneva.

If established, the rapporteur will provide much-needed leadership and
guidance on developing an understanding of the scope and content on the
right to privacy, as well as strengthening the monitoring of states and
companies' compliance with their responsibility to respect and protect
the right to privacy in their laws, policies and practices.

We have been working with Privacy International and others to develop an
oral statement (attached), which will be delivered during the session of
the Council. We are inviting NGOs to join this statement in order to
send a strong signal of support for the creation of a Special Rapporteur
on the right to privacy.

Given the previous interest on Best Bits in privacy and surveillance
issues, I wanted to share this statement here to give you the
opportunity to sign on.  If your organisation is interested to join it,
please email Tomaso Falchetta (at tomasof at privacyinternational.org
<mailto:tomasof at privacyinternational.org>) and Shawna Finnegan
(shawna at apc.org) by *no later than Wednesday, 11 March*.

*Please note that this statement is not for publication before 13 March. *

All the best,
Deborah
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