This report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee examines Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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Today, 18 September 2017, a global coalition of civil society organisations, led by European Digital Rights (EDRi) and including Digital Rights Watch, submitted to the Council of Europe its comments on how protect human rights when developing new rules on cross-border access to electronic evidence (“e-evidence”). The Council of Europe is currently preparing an additional protocol to the Cybercrime Convention.
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The Australian Government must ensure transparency of its intelligence sharing with other countries in order to safeguard Australian citizens’ private information, a coalition of privacy and human rights organisations said at the launch of a new campaign.
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An assessment of the metadata of former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs over the course of just one day provided enough information to reveal her home city, age details, and confidential details of upcoming speeches, board meetings and conversations.
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Online advocacy group Digital Rights Watch has expressed serious concerns over social media guidelines for federal public servants released today.
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