Tag: UN
U.N. experts at RightsCon: digital rights violations enable and escalate violence during crises
Access Now welcomes a U.N. expert statement released at the conclusion of RightsCon 2022 that draws attention to digital rights in conflict and crises.
Access Now’s first oral statement at the second session of the UN AHC Cybercrime meeting
Why the U.N. is focusing on digital rights during humanitarian crises
Digital rights violations enable and escalate offline violence, deepening humanitarian crises. Our latest brief recaps key developments at the 49th United Nations Human Rights Council, guiding delegates in next steps for advancing global norms and standards to protect digital rights.Â
Update: internet access, censorship, and the Myanmar coup
The Myanmar military is consolidating control over the telecom sector, expanding surveillance and invading privacy. The telecom sector must push back.
The Shutdown podcast
Open letter to the Prime Minister of Norway: stop the sale of Telenor Myanmar to M1 Group
We write to the Prime Minister of Norway on behalf of 168 organisations in Myanmar to express our grave concern regarding the sale of Telenor Myanmar to M1 Group.
UNGA76 Side Event: The digital surveillance crisis and threats to human rights defenders
This October 21, 2021 event discussed how states, facilitated by private companies, are unlawfully deploying targeted surveillance technologies against civil society around the world.
Coalition Letter to the 48th U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) on Pegasus
We call on U.N. Human Rights Council to take urgent action to denounce the human rights violations facilitated by NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.
Civic freedoms must be upheld at Singapore UPR
Today, as Singapore is due to adopt outcomes from Universal Periodic Review, Access Now is calling for an end undue restrictions on fundamental freedoms.
#WhyID: international actors in Afghanistan must clean up, restrict dangerous biometric trail
#WhyID: Access Now and civil society is calling on international actors to take immediate action to restrict and secure biometric data in Afghanistan.