Advocacy

PI responded to the call for input from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the role of access to information in preventing, mitigating, and responding to the negative human rights impact of arms transfers.

PI's response to the call for input to the study of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on human rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain

PI and Big Brother Watch along with other NGOs have written to UK Home Secretary James Cleverly to raise concerns over the danger posed to society by Facial Recognition Technology (FRT).

Privacy International's response to the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association on the tools and guidelines which may assist law enforcement in promoting and protecting human rights in the context of peaceful protests

PI responded to a call for evidence from the UK Westminster Women and Equalities Committee on women’s reproductive health.

In this briefing, Privacy International (PI) outlines its analysis of some key provisions on the Revised Draft Text of the UN Cybercrime Convention, with the aim to provide delegations of Member States and other stakeholders with our recommendations to strengthen the draft and to bring it in line with human rights law. This briefing builds upon the submissions made by PI at the previous sessions of the AHC and reflects upon some of the amendments proposed by Member States. While not aiming to be comprehensive, it covers in particular the following Articles: 3, 5, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 47 and 54.

Privacy International sent a letter expressing its concerns and observations on the position of the Council in the current interinstitutional negotiations (trilogues) of the Platform Workers Directive (PWD). 

Our updated data and elections checklist aims to give electoral observers and civil society the necessary tools to understand and assess the role of technologies in the electoral process.

Dejusticia, Fundación Karisma, and Privacy International submitted a joint stakeholder report on Colombia to the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council.

Privacy International's response to the South African Parliament's call for submissions on the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Amendment Bill (the RICA Bill).

In this briefing Privacy International outlines its analysis of some key provisions on the draft text of the UN Cybercrime Convention, with the aim to provide delegations of Member States and other stakeholders with our recommendations to strengthen the draft and bring it into line with human rights law. This briefing builds upon the submissions made by PI at the previous sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee and reflects upon some of the amendments proposed by Member States. While not aiming to be comprehensive, it covers in particular the following Articles: 2, 3, 5, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 47 and 54.

Apresentação conjunta da PI com o Data Privacy Brazil e o InternetLab sobre a conformidade do Brasil com o Pacto Internacional de Direitos Civis e Políticos, destacando nossas preocupações com o uso de tecnologias educacionais nas escolas brasileiras. 

PI's joint submission with Data Privacy Brazil and  InternetLab regarding Brazil's compliance with the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights highlighting concerns regarding our concerns with the use of education technologies in Brazillian schools.