Hi! Forwarding. wlan slovenija signed, have you? Mitar -------- Original Message -------- From: Katitza Rodriguez &lt;katitza(a)eff.org&gt; Subject: UPDATE: Brazil & Germany UN Pro-Privacy Resolution (update) To: rights(a)eff.org &lt;rights(a)eff.org&gt; Hi everyone, As you all know, the UN General Assembly is considering a resolution on surveillance and human rights called “the right to privacy in the digital age,” introduced by the Brazilian and German delegations. Leaks like this one <http://columlynch.tumblr.com/post/67588682409/right-to-privacy-in-the-digital-age-u-s> demonstrate that there are efforts by the United States and its allies to weaken the resolution. This prompted a quick reaction from some of us <http://www.hrw.org/node/120813> asking the General Assembly to take a strong stand against mass surveillance. Access’ Deborah Brown has written a quick summary <https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2013/11/21/message-to-u.n.-general-assembly-stand-up-for-right-to-privacy-in-the-digit> about the resolution and the letter. Here is EFF's post: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/ungaletter As negotiations ensue, we encourage you all to continue pressuring your Foreign Ministries to prevent the introduction of language that will diminish our call for human rights in this age of digital surveillance. The resolution will come to a committee vote early next week, and should be up for full approval at the UN at the beginning of December. Some groups will launch a grassroots activism campaign during this period of time. CCC, Digiges, Privacy International, Access, RedPaTodos, CIPPIC, Center for Internet and Society-India, ORG, OpenMedia.ca, Privacy International, EFF will be launching a joint-action center on Tuesday designed to permit the general public (non-expert) individuals to sign on to the Necessary and Proportionate Principles. It will be hosted on the same domain as the Principles themselves (https://necessaryandproportionate.org/take-action), and translations will be up soonish! https://es.necessaryandproportionate.org/take-action) We see this opportunity as a way to improve our networking outreach far beyond what each NGO is able to accomplish alone and by itself so the more people on board, the merrier! If you want to get involved in this activism campaign, mobilize people onto sign onto the Principles, and help us increased our networks of groups beyond the "usual" suspect, please send an email to: rights(a)eff.org Katitza, Carly and Fabiola, For your information, here are some additional articles regarding the UNGA Resolution: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2066340/privacy-groups-urge-un-to-adopt-digi… http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/rights-groups-urge-back-priva… http://www.cso.com.au/article/532656/privacy_groups_call_un_condemn_surveil… Here is the draft resolution as of Nov 1 (it has, by now, been amended): https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/838637/un-draft-res… We thank those who have already been in touch with your country delegations and invite others to do the same. Thank you Katitza Rodriguez, EFF Carly Nyst, Privacy International Fabiola Carrion, Access -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m