The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, is organising an expert seminar on The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age, a topic of great importance for human rights defenders. It will take place on Monday 24 February 2014, in room XXI in the Palais des Nations, Geneva. It purpose is to examine the international human rights law framework of the right to privacy, and identify challenges raised by modern communications technologies; foster understanding of how the right to privacy is implemented by governments, as well as addressed by the private sector and civil society; examine the extent to which domestic and extraterritorial surveillance may infringe on an individuals’ right to privacy; and identify ways forward to ensure the protection and promotion of the right to privacy.
Registration: Owing to limited space, reservation is recommended as soon as possible: alice.priddy[at]geneva-academy.ch. Please note that a live streaming of this seminar will be webcast.
[backdrop: Innovations in information communication technologies have increased the possibilities for free exchange and the unhindered exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information. At the same time, these innovations have increased the capacity of states and non-state actors to undertake surveillance, interception and data collection, which may violate or abuse human rights, in particular the right to privacy.]
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