Citations
One Year After the Snowden Revelations: How the NSA Violates International Human Rights Standards
June 5, 2014 - Global Voices op-ed on NSA surveillance and international human rights standards
SourceEven before Snowden leaked his first document, human rights lawyers and activists were concerned about law enforcement and intelligence agencies spying on the digital world. One of the tools developed to tackle those concerns was the development of the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance (the “Necessary and Proportionate Principles” ). This set of principles was intended to guide governments in understanding how new surveillance technologies eat away at fundamental freedoms, and outlined how communications surveillance can be conducted in a manner consistent with human rights obligations. The Necessary and Proportionate Principles are intended to work as a resource for citizens to measure government surveillance practices against international human rights standards.
Online surveillance: Public concerns ignored in Nigeria
September 16, 2014 - by John Dada and Theresa Tafida. This report looks at the government’s mass surveillance attacks on its citizens before and after it purchased USD 40 million of Israeli technology to be used for the monitoring and control of the internet.
SourceOver 100 global civil society groups release human rights principles to govern surveillance
July 31, 2013 - by Access Policy Team.
SourceRecent revelations of sweeping government surveillance demonstrate the urgent need to update the outdated privacy laws to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques in a way that is consistent with international human rights. To move toward that goal, Access, along with a number of civil society groups from around the world, is excited to announce the release of the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance (“The Principles”).
Pakistan dominates the surveillance hall of shame
September 15, 2014 - by Furhan Hussain Gul Bukhari.
SourceThe Islamic Republic of Pakistan has had an intense history involving multiple wars, the splitting away of its eastern wing, military coups, political insurgency, ethnic cleansing and separatist movements; all in less than seven decades of its existence. Many of these afflictions have paved the way for the strengthening of institutions such as the military, resulting in the civilian system of checks and balances or oversight of these institutions becoming nonexistent, while human rights violations by these powerhouses remaining as rampant as before. Their reach has now also fully extended to information and communications technologies (ICTs).
PEN International joins over [222] organisations in supporting the International Principles on the Applications of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance
September 1, 2013 - by PEN International.
SourcePEN International joins over [222] organisations in supporting the International Principles on the Applications of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance which set minimum standards for the protection of the rights to freedom of expression and privacy at a time when these rights continue to be under threat around the world.
Penumbra: Surveillance, security and public information in Uruguay
September 16, 2014 - by Fabrizio Scrollini. This report aims to analyse the most recent developments in terms of the use of technology for surveillance in Uruguay. It provides a description of key events and regulations that have recently emerged in Uruguay, analysing challenges to privacy. It provides a set of issues to develop an agenda for privacy according to the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance.
SourcePiden Desde México el Fin de la Vigilancia Masiva
January 6, 2014 - by Julio Sánchez (Spanish).
SourceOnofre El próximo 7 de enero arrancará en México una campaña convocada por el colectivo de activistas digitales ContingenteMX para exigir ante las autoridades nacionales e internacionales el fin de la vigilancia masiva a las comunicaciones electrónicas de los usuarios, como el efectuado por la agencia de seguridad estadounidense (NSA) que salió a la luz gracias a las revelaciones de Edward Snowden.
Piden desde México fin de la vigilancia masiva
June 6, 2014
SourceA través de la divulgación de 13 Principios Internacionales sobre la Aplicación de los Derechos Humanos a la Vigilancia de las Comunicaciones, los activistas digitales buscan que la sociedad mexicana se sume al llamado para preservar las libertades y derechos fundamentales de los individuos en la era digital.
Principles on Surveillance and Human Rights: UNHRC must take action on surveillance
September 20, 2013 by Article 19.
SourceARTICLE 19 welcomes the release of the 13 Principles an important step forward in better elaborating intl human rights law.
Prism Open Discussion
July 18, 2013 - by SHARE Conference .
Discussion about Prism at Republika Fest in Rijeka. Katitza Rodríguez, EFF International Rights Director & SHARE Defense presenting The Principles at SHARE Boat.
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