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

[Norbert Bollow]

Thanks a lot, Adam. very helpful.

Greetings,
Norbert


On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:27:19 +0900
Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:

> 
> 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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