Tag: United Nations Human Rights Council
Internet shutdowns, gender, Net Neutrality, and more at the United Nations
Your guide to the digital rights issues under discussion at the 35th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council.
RightsCon dispatch: Five steps to a rights-respecting digital policy in Europe
Access Now’s Brett Solomon details ways Europe can ensure that foreign policy supports digital rights.
Your digital rights at the United Nations: Human Rights Council 34th session
Your guide to the digital rights issues under discussion at the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
New U.S. plan for responsible business conduct takes baby steps toward digital rights
The U.S. “NAP” addresses human rights issues in the ICT sector, but it doesn’t go far enough.
Jordan is arresting people for criticizing the government on social media
The government is using terrorism as an excuse to clamp down on human rights. This has to stop.
U.N. targets tech companies with call for data protection and transparency
The new United Nations privacy resolution recognizes that companies must act to protect rights.
Your digital rights at the United Nations: Human Rights Council 33rd session
Here’s what’s on the agenda for digital rights at the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
U.N. expert aims to help businesses globally defend your digital rights
U.N. Special Rapporteur David Kaye maps out the pathway for developing global business standards to defend free expression and privacy in the digital age.
U.S. to world: No privacy concerns here, move along
The U.S. government does not protect the privacy rights of non-citizens beyond its borders. That’s the message it will deliver at the U.N. Human Rights Council tomorrow in its official response to the 348 recommendations received during the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the U.S. human rights record in Geneva.
Shutdowns, surveillance, & discrimination on Human Rights Council agenda
The 30th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (“HRC30”) has begun in Geneva. Over the course of the three-week session, the 47 Member States of the Council – and a full slate of civil society representatives, observer states, and technical experts – will debate resolutions and reports on the current status of human rights worldwide. Access and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) have compiled highlights identifying the key digital rights issues on the Council’s agenda, as well as relevant side events and countries under review in the Universal Periodic Review.