Archive for June, 2017

• 28 June 2017

  US could do more on privacy rights, UN rapporteur concludes after official visit

  GENEVA / WASHINGTON (27 June 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy has praised parts of the US system of privacy protection, but called for […]

   
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• 16 June 2017

  Right to privacy: UN privacy expert announces first fact-finding visit to the USA (19-27 June)

  GENEVA / WASHINGTON (15 June 2017) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Joseph Cannataci will undertake his first official visit to the United States of America from 19 to 27 June. […]

   
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• 13 June 2017

  ‘Surveillance should only be carried out where law provides appropriate safeguards’ – UN expert

  WikiLeaks has released its largest ever publication of classified CIA files. The whistleblower site came under fire for using security loopholes instead of helping companies fix them, leading to a […]

   
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• 13 June 2017

  UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy gives Public Lecture @Universitas Indonesia-Depok

  “The Public lecture was intended as an effort to encourage public awareness about the importance of protection of the right to information in today’s information technology era. In addition, through […]

   
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• 13 June 2017

  An international symposium opposing the bill on so-called conspiracy charges – Japan Federation of Bar Associations

   

• 13 June 2017

  UN SRP Meeting with MP Dorel Gheorghe Caprar – Chairman of the Commission for Defense, Public Order and National Security of The Chamber of Deputies – 31st May 2017 @Bucharest, Romania

   

• 13 June 2017

  Human rights groups speak against anti-terror bill

   

• 13 June 2017

  The World Weekly: “A new anti-conspiracy bill stirs controversy in Japan”

   

• 13 June 2017

  The Japan Times: “Stop and rethink conspiracy bill”

   

• 13 June 2017

  The Hankyoreh: “Japanese gov‘t clashes with UN Special Rapporteur over proposed anti-conspiracy law”