A/HRC/41/35/Add.4 Summary of an Experts consultation on A/HRC/41/35 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Contents Page 2 I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Objectives......................................................................................................................................... 3 III. Background/ Participants ................................................................................................................. 3 A. Session 1: surveillance of Civil Society: overview of trends and threats ................................ 3 B. Session 2: the use of private surveillance tools........................................................................ 4 C. Session 3: state responsibility and targeted surveillance ......................................................... 5 D. Session 4: company responsibility: norms and enforcement ................................................... 6 E. Session 5: breakout brainstorming ........................................................................................... 7

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