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In the wake of the recent news of the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the ruling of Roe v Wade in its ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, headlines have been dominated by conversations around privacy and fears of how the criminalisation of abortion care and surveillance by law enforcement will play out in a tech driven world.This discussion is increasingly important as governments move towards digitising their healthcare systems and as more individuals choose to…
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[Photo By Ludovic Courtès - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0] Last update: 14 December 2022What is the problem and why it is importantUntil the early '10s, the right to privacy had been sidelined and largely unaddressed within the UN human rights monitoring mechanisms, despite being upheld as a fundamental human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).Beyond the ICCPR General Comment No.16: Article 17 (…