Tag: Universal Periodic Review
In Egypt, expressing your sexuality online makes you a target for human rights abuse. That has to stop.
Authorities in Egypt are cracking down on the LGBTQI community, including online attacks that lead to arrest and torture. We must defend their fundamental rights.
United Nations urged to intervene in Cameroon to stop the violence and internet shutdowns
Access Now at the United Nations: spyware in UAE, surveillance in France, and shutdowns in Africa
Read our submissions to the United Nations on digital rights in Israel, the UAE, France, Burundi, and Mali.
Internet shutdowns, attacks on encryption harm human rights in Brazil, India, U.K.
Our UPR submissions to the United Nations highlight risks to digital rights in Brazil, India, and the U.K.
Helping African nations protect human rights online: UPR review
Our submissions to the U.N. Human Rights Council in the Universal Periodic Review for Uganda and South Sudan highlight ways that they can improve their human rights records.
Access to U.S.: Listen to world human rights body and end unlawful surveillance
On Monday, July 20th, the U.S. State Department held a consultation with civil society to discuss the recommendations that the U.S. received during a U.N. review of its human rights record. Access participated remotely, and asked representatives of the Obama Administration to accept 16 recommendations regarding the right to privacy and unlawful surveillance. The recommendations include conducting a review of U.S. national laws and policies in order to ensure that all surveillance of digital communications is consistent with international human rights obligations.