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First report: Important developments and substantive issues, March-July 2016 2016, para. 44
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- The present report is constrained by the imposed arbitrary word limit and has left out commentary on at least a dozen areas on which the mandate holder has worked. These areas will hopefully be developed further in future thematic and generic reports.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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First report: Important developments and substantive issues, March-July 2016 2016, para. 45
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- While broadly satisfied with the collaboration to date, the Special Rapporteur recommends that more governments engage with the mandate and, as other governments have done during the first year of activity, come forward to consult on draft privacy laws and related areas such as surveillance when these are still at an early stage. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur strongly encourages and appreciates participation in, and facilitation of, initiatives organized by the mandate holder, such as IIOF2016 or informal country visits or various workshop conferences.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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First report: Important developments and substantive issues, March-July 2016 2016, para. 43
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- Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur has created structures for further investigation and consultation by setting up five Working Parties, one each for the Thematic Action Streams identified in the first set of five priorities: Big Data and Open Data; Security and Surveillance; Health Data; Personal data processed by corporations; and "A better understanding of Privacy". These will provide the basis for thematic reports, which are expected to start being presented in 2017-2018. This methodology has permitted the Special Rapporteur to partly overcome resource constraints by tapping into a global pool of experts prepared to provide their domain expertise on an unpaid volunteer basis. The Special Rapporteur will, however, continue to seek extramural funding and welcomes all forms of assistance to carry out his mandate properly.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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First report: Important developments and substantive issues, March-July 2016 2016, para. 42
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- The Special Rapporteur has launched a system of structured consultations around the world. Civil society, individuals, governments, corporations and other stakeholders have registered their interest in various privacy-related topics by writing to the Special Rapporteur and/or requesting meetings, most of which were granted. These meetings have enabled the Special Rapporteur to construct lists of stakeholders in various sectors and to use these lists to invite stakeholders to meetings around the world. Structured consultations are often held behind closed doors (at the behest of stakeholders) but can include a mix of invitees and people who write in to request to attend a publicized event.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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First report: Important developments and substantive issues, March-July 2016 2016, para. 41
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- In the first full year of office, the Special Rapporteur has visited 14 countries during 20 trips undertaken for the mandate holder's business. These have included visits to countries as geographically far apart as Australia, Brazil, New Zealand and the United States, as well as 10 European States. Although technically speaking these were "informal" country visits, on many occasions they included the full array of engagements carried out during traditional official visits of the Special Rapporteur, including meetings with ministers, ministry officials, intelligence services, oversight agencies, data protection commissioners, law enforcement, civil society and leading corporations. In an overwhelming number of cases, the Special Rapporteur was received in a very positive manner. The next 12 months will also include at least two and possibly three official country visits, all tentatively scheduled, one each on three different continents (Africa, Asia and Latin America).
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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