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Access, together with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Reporters Without Borders (RWB), the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Privacy International have submitted a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council’s 24th session. The statement highlights the need to bring surveillance practices in line with international human rights norms, in a manner consistent with the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance, and makes specific recommendations to the HRC.

Access’ response to the questionnaire of the United Nations Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation.

Joint submission from Access, PEN International, English PEN, and ARTICLE 19 to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review on Viet Nam’s compliance with its international human rights obligations with respect to freedom of expression.

The 27th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC27) will take place in Geneva from 8-26 September 2014. Internet rights and freedoms will feature prominently with the highlight being the Council’s consideration of the landmark report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age and related panel discussion on September 12th and a discussion on violence against children online. Learn more in this briefing note prepared by APC and Access.

Brief on the main challenges ICT providers face with regard to surveillance, freedom of expression, and privacy, prepared for the UN as it considers a legally binding instrument on business and human rights, July 2015.