As part of our Connect your rights! Internet rights are human rights campaign, APC is present at the Human Rights Council’s 17th session, which is taking place from May 30th – June 17th in Geneva. We’re co-organising a side event on human rights and the internet on June 3. You can follow APC’s and our partners’ involvement in the meeting through the following documents:
Activists in a demonstration in Egypt
Statements and comments
- APC’s written statement to the Human Rights Council – Open for endorsements
- APC’s oral statement to the Human Rights Council
- APC’s comment on human rights with regard to the internet and transnational corporations
- APC’s oral statement by on VAW
Background documents
- Report Frank La Rue, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Comments from Article 19 on Frank La Rue’s report
- Opening statement by Ms. Navanethem Pillaym, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- International mechanisms for promoting FoE: joint declaration
- “U.N. Special Rapporteur calls upon States to protect anonymous speakers online, by EFF”:http://www.eff.org/UN-Special-Rapporteur-Protection-Anonymity
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