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Human Rights Groups Raise Alarm Over UN Cybercrime Convention
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Human rights organizations are warning that the UN Cybercrime Convention threatens freedom of expression and normalizes domestic surveillance. The UN General Assembly is set to adopt or reject the draft on August 9 after two and a half years of negotiations. Concerns include broad surveillance powers without robust safeguards, lack of data protection principles, inadequate judicial or independent review, no right to an effective remedy, no limits on surveillance, and varying national laws that may not provide adequate protections. The draft could also criminalize security researchers and investigative journalists. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for more safeguards and a narrow scope. Human rights groups urge member states to reject the convention if these issues are not rectified.
#UnCybercrimeConvention #HumanRights #FreedomOfExpression #DomesticSurveillance #DataProtection #SecurityResearchers #InvestigativeJournalists
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2024/06/14/human-rights-groups-raise-alarm-over-un-cybercrime-convention/
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Human rights organizations are warning that the UN Cybercrime Convention threatens freedom of expression and normalizes domestic surveillance. The UN General Assembly is set to adopt or reject the draft on August 9 after two and a half years of negotiations. Concerns include broad surveillance powers without robust safeguards, lack of data protection principles, inadequate judicial or independent review, no right to an effective remedy, no limits on surveillance, and varying national laws that may not provide adequate protections. The draft could also criminalize security researchers and investigative journalists. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for more safeguards and a narrow scope. Human rights groups urge member states to reject the convention if these issues are not rectified.
#UnCybercrimeConvention #HumanRights #FreedomOfExpression #DomesticSurveillance #DataProtection #SecurityResearchers #InvestigativeJournalists
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2024/06/14/human-rights-groups-raise-alarm-over-un-cybercrime-convention/