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

[Adam Peake]

On Nov 27, 2014, at 5:18 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

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

<http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/C.3/69/L.26/Rev.1>

Adam



> 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
> 
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