[kictanet] AU Cyber-security Convention ignores practical reality

Fri Nov 22 08:44:39 EAT 2013

Thanks David and ICT researcher. We are actually proposing to have an online debate on this since the AU has accepted to receive our input. 
Looking forward to a vibrant debate and for your input starting Monday next week.
Have a great weekend. RgdsGrace

Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 11:05:29 +0300
Subject: Re: [kictanet] AU Cyber-security Convention ignores practical reality
From: daudi.were at gmail.com
To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke

Grace, 
Thanks for highlighting this oppressive draft convention. We must try our best to ensure it is not adopted in January. 
One of the main problems with this draft convention is it was drafted in secret by a team who so far have remained secret. No public consultations were done as far as we can tell. 

The draft convention is bad for Africans and bad for African businesses (and even businesses who operate in Africa). 
The AU draft contains clauses that will result in;
Violation of the right to privacy.
Violation of the right to freedom of expression
Legislation overkill especially the unjustified burden the law will have on the individual
Similarly there shall be an unjustified burden on corporations as a result of legislative overkill in the AUDCCSC

The granting of absolute powers of judges: This will form a basis for unjust civil liberties curtailment and for procedural flaws in the AU draft convention
This blog http://daucc.wordpress.com/ is a strong resource on the draft conventions and actions being taken to campaign against it. 

Thanks
D

On 17 November 2013 10:21, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:

...Dr Isaac Rutenberg, an intellectual property expert, and his counterpart Lilian Makanga are quite concerned about the Draft AU Convention on the Confidence and Security in Cyberspace (DAUCCSC, or AUCC for short).

Rutenberg argues that it is a sweeping Convention that would touch on virtually every aspect of electronic culture. Inside the 52-page Convention are lurking provisions for just about everybody to dislike.If right now you are asking, “What is the AUCC?” you are not alone. Indeed, a major problem with the AUCC is that so few people, companies, and organisations even know of its existence, yet it is scheduled to be passed by the AU in January 2014. 

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/-/1959700/2073806/-/oogkb4z/-/index.html

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