[AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [Internet Policy] UNHCR Creates New UN Special Rapporteur on “The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age”

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De : "Nicolas Seidler" <seidler at isoc.org>
Date : 26 mars 2015 17:52
Objet : [Internet Policy] UNHCR Creates New UN Special Rapporteur on “The
Right to Privacy in the Digital Age”
À : "internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org" <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>
Cc :

 Dear all,

 Many of you might be interested to know that the Human Rights Council in
Geneva has just adopted the establishment of a new UN Special Rapporteur on
“The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age”. A Resolution to this effect was
in consideration at the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council for the
past 4 weeks, and ISOC was following closely these developments.

 Noteworthy, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur will include special
consideration of issues related to the digital age and new technologies,
including surveillance. This focus led to some arguments in the drafting
sessions, but eventually the Resolution was adopted today by consensus,
without a vote.

 This development is a direct follow-up to the UN General Assembly
Resolution 69/166 from December 2014, led by Germany and Brazil, that asked
the Council to consider the creation of such a mandate.

 If the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression is any
indication, we can expect this new independent expert to bring some useful
human rights insights into some of the key privacy issues that affect
people today, whether online or offline.

 The text of the mandate is currently available on the extranet of the HRC
<https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/28thSession/Resolutions/Forms/ResolutionDS/docsethomepage.aspx?ID=68&FolderCTID=0x0120D520005A4381ABFFD48642897E02288D058A2200F3973D7EDFDD584590F4186360C52ADA&List=877f135a-1410-4ecb-a403-941565b55398&RootFolder=/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/28thSession/Resolutions/The%20right%20to%20privacy%20in%20the%20digital%20age>
(User:
hrc extranet. Password: 1session).

 Are you excited by this development?


 Nicolas Seidler
Policy Advisor
The Internet Society
seidler at isoc.org




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