Freedom from suspicion: Principles to protect freedom of expression and privacy against mass surveillance

August 1, 2013- by Article 19.

The Principles reinforce a growing global consensus that human rights must be at the heart of governments’ communications surveillance policy. In April 2013, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression published a landmark report, which drew a devastating picture of how current state surveillance laws severely undermine individual’s privacy, freedom of expression and ability to enjoy their other fundamental human rights.