Reports

Breaking: press freedom in Australia

Posted on September 18, 2019 | in Reports

In June 2019, the Australian Federal Police raided the ABC and the home of a journalist from the Daily Telegraph. These alarming raids were undertaken because of journalists doing their jobs reporting on national security issues in the public interest, in part enabled by whistleblowers inside government agencies.

The State of Digital Rights

Posted on May 13, 2018 | in News , Reports

Today, we’re proud to release the State of Digital Rights report, which outlines the many ways Australians’ rights are being impacted by the activities of private companies and governments in the online world.

New report reveals dangerous lack of oversight of secret global surveillance networks, opening the door to human rights abuses

Posted on April 24, 2018 | in Media releases , Reports

An unprecedented international collaborative investigation carried out by 40 NGOs in 42 countries has identified alarming weaknesses in the oversight arrangements that are supposed to govern the sharing of intelligence between state intelligence agencies.

The Role of Encryption in Australia

Posted on January 19, 2018 | in News , Reports

Encryption is a method for ensuring communications between two parties remain private from everyone else, including the carrier. Even if an encrypted communication is intercepted by a third party, it cannot be read by anyone except the people who are authorised to decrypt it. Encryption is a foundational tool for the proper functioning of the digital society and economy, and is used in a wide range of settings, including banking, public service delivery, and communications systems.

Report: Australia's Compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Posted on September 22, 2017 | in News , Reports

This report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee examines Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Cross-border access to data: Council of Europe submission

Posted on September 18, 2017 | in Media releases , Reports

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.