[kictanet] Fwd: [Internet Policy] IPU Resolution on democracy, privacy, and mass surveillance

[Barrack Otieno]

Thanks Josiah.

Regards
On Oct 26, 2015 5:59 PM, "Josiah Mugambi" <josiah.mugambi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also related regarding net neutrality in the EU
>
>
> http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-10/26/european-union-net-neutrality-regulation-amdmendments
> On Oct 26, 2015 3:50 PM, "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Listers,
>>
>> This might be usefull to some listers.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch>
>> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:36:27 +0100
>> Subject: [Internet Policy] IPU Resolution on democracy, privacy, and
>> mass surveillance
>> To: internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org
>>
>> The Inter-Parliamentary Union is the organization that comprises many of
>> the
>> world's parliaments. It is not well known, but it has recently adopted
>> some
>> resolutions that should be of interest.  In particular, a new resolution
>> on
>> Democracy in the Digital Era and the Threat to Privacy and Individual
>> Freedoms, see:
>>
>>   http://www.ipu.org/conf-e/133/Res-1.htm
>>
>> Operational paragraph 3 underscores that legislation regarding
>> surveillance
>> must be based, inter alia, on the principles of necessity and
>> proportionality. I believe that this is the first example of a global
>> state
>> institution explicitly adopting those principles (but I believe that some
>> European court judgments also mention both principles).
>>
>> Paragraph 4 calls for removing limitations on freedom of expression (as
>> does
>> paragraph 17) and upholding the principle of net neutrality.  Again, I
>> believe that this is the first example of a global state institution
>> explicitly adopting the principle of net neutrality.
>>
>> Paragraph 7 basically calls for an end to current mass surveillance
>> practices.
>>
>> Other paragraphs of the resolution are also significant.
>>
>> Information on the IPU is at:
>>
>>  http://www.ipu.org
>>
>> Best,
>> Richard
>>
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