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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is an important international initiative to start processes towards the introduction of the rule of law into the rampaging extension of Internet based surveillance. Presciently this was started prior to the recent Snowden revelations so it doesn’t completely reflect all of the issues that have emerged (IMHO particularly those having to do with the extra-territoriality and global inter-security agency collaborations (we are all "foreigners"* in this new reality).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I/The Centre for Community Informatics Research Development and Training have signed on to this and I would urge any of you folks with an interest either through your organizations or personally to consider doing so as well by sending an email to Tamir Israel, of the U. of Ottawa based Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and one of the lawyers cooperating in formulating this statement (copied on this message).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>*Notably much of the concern in the US with regard to the Snowden revelations had to do with ensuring that the rights of US citizens were protected (and leaving everyone else as "foreigners" with no evident protections… <a href="http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/in-an-internetworked-world-no-one-is-foreign/">http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/in-an-internetworked-world-no-one-is-foreign/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> apc.forum-bounces@lists.apc.org [mailto:apc.forum-bounces@lists.apc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Valeria Betancourt.<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> A general information sharing space for the APC Community.<br><b>Subject:</b> [APC Forum] For your action please - Surveillance and human rights principles - launch<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In half an hour we're taking part in the soft launch of the Principles on surveillance and human rights, and initiative of which we're part that is coordinated by EFF, Access and Privacy International. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>English version<br><a href="https://en.necessaryandproportionate.org/text">https://en.necessaryandproportionate.org/text</a><br><br>Spanish version<br><a href="https://es.necessaryandproportionate.org/text">https://es.necessaryandproportionate.org/text</a><br><br>Russian version<br><a href="https://ru.necessaryandproportionate.org/text">https://ru.necessaryandproportionate.org/text</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We'll be publishing two blogposts, one by our colleague Shawna Finnegan (<a href="http://www.apc.org/en/node/18289/">http://www.apc.org/en/node/18289/</a>) and one by EFF (<a href="http://www.apc.org/en/node/18288">http://www.apc.org/en/node/18288</a>). The idea is that all of us tweet about it in. The hashtag is #13principles<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So here's some suggested Tweets; feel free to add your own! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Legal, legitimate aim, adequate, proportional are some of #13principles on #humanrights & #surveillance <a href="http://www.apc.org/en/node/18289">http://www.apc.org/en/node/18289</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Surveillance needs to be, legal, adequate, proportionate. #13principles on #humanrights & #surveillance<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.apc.org/en/node/18289">http://www.apc.org/en/node/18289</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Say no to your government spying on you! #13principles on #humanrights & #surveillance<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.apc.org/en/node/18289">http://www.apc.org/en/node/18289</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>APC policy team <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-------------</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Valeria Betancourt<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Directora / Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Programa de Políticas de Information y Comunicación / Communication and Information Policy Programme<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones / Association for<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Progressive Communications, APC<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.apc.org">http://www.apc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>