[okfn-br] Fwd: [gvadvocacy] Requesting your individual, institutional signature and wondering if GV Advox could-should sign: Open Gov and Surveillance

[Heloisa Pait]

Hoje no Estadão saiu que os europeus "vigiam internet e telefonia como os
EUA". Amanhã vai sair um escândalo parecido com o governo brasileiro, é
questão de tempo. Por isso acho que como regra devemos nos ater a
princípios, sem partidarizar nem cair em armadilhas nacionalistas.

Abraço,
Heloisa


On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Heloisa Pait <heloisa.pait em gmail.com> wrote:

> Li com atenção o texto e sou favorável à assinatura.
>
> Prós:
> 1. de modo geral concordo com o texto, que pede fiscalização sobre
> surveillance sem demonizar ninguém.
> 2. se a gente não assinar isso, corre o risco de ficar irrelevante no
> debate
>
> Contra:
> 3. citação da Dilma como baluarte da defesa de direitos individuais
> enfraquece e politiza o texto
> 4. não sei como ficou o texto final nosso, se incluimos ou não a questão
> da privacidade no nosso escopo. Esse abaixo-assinado inclui questões de
> transparência (nosso escopo e parte importante do abaixo-assinado) mas
> também de privacidade.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
>
> We, the undersigned civil society organisations, affirm our deep
> commitment to the goals of the Open Government Partnership, which in its
> declaration endorsed “more transparent, accountable, responsive and
> effective government” founded on the principles of the Universal
> Declaration of Human Rights.
>
> We join other civil society organisations, human rights groups, academics
> and ordinary citizens in expressing our grave concern over allegations that
> governments around the world, including many OGP members, have been
> routinely intercepting and retaining the private communications of entire
> populations,
> *in secret, without particularised warrants and with little or no
> meaningful oversight.*
> *CONCORDO*
> Such practices allegedly include the routine exchange of “foreign”
> surveillance data, bypassing domestic laws that restrict governments’
> ability to spy on their own citizens.
>
> Such practices erode the checks and balances on which accountability
> depends, and have a deeply chilling effect on freedom of expression,
> information and association, without which the ideals of open government
> have no meaning.
>
> As Brazil’s President, Dilma Rousseff, recently said at the United
> Nations, “In the absence of the right to privacy, there can be no true
> freedom of expression and opinion, and therefore no effective democracy.”
> (HIPOCRISIA POIS ESSE GOVERNO NÃO TEM CUIDADO COM PRIVACIDADE)
>
> Activities that restrict the right to privacy, including communications
> surveillance,
> *can only be justified when they are prescribed by law, are necessary to
> achieve a legitimate aim, and are proportionate to the aim pursued.*
> *CONCORDO*
> [1] Without firm legislative and judicial checks on the surveillance
> powers of the executive branch, and robust protections for the media and
> public interest whistleblowers, abuses can and will occur.
>
> We call on all governments, and specifically OGP members, to:
>
> *recognise the need to update understandings of existing privacy and human
> rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques.*
> *commit in their OGP Action Plans to complete by October 2014 a review of
> national laws, with the aim of defining reforms needed to regulate
> necessary, legitimate and proportional State involvement in communications
> surveillance; to guarantee freedom of the press; and to protect
> whistleblowers who lawfully reveal abuses of state power.*
> *commit in their OGP Action Plans to transparency on the mechanisms for
> surveillance, on exports of surveillance technologies, aid directed towards
> implementation of surveillance technologies, and agreements to share
> citizen data among states.*
> *CONCORDO*
>
>
> Abraço,
> Heloisa
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Carolina <carolina.rossini em gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Talvez esse seja do escopo da OKF ? :-)
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From:* Renata Avila <renata.avila.pinto em gmail.com>
>> *Date:* November 1, 2013 at 7:30:18 PM EDT
>> *To:* "gvadvocacy em lists.riseup.net" <gvadvocacy em lists.riseup.net>
>> *Subject:* *[gvadvocacy] Requesting your individual, institutional
>> signature and wondering if GV Advox could-should sign: Open Gov and
>> Surveillance*
>> *Reply-To:* Renata Avila <renata.avila.pinto em gmail.com>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I want to request your signature on a quite singular petition. The
>> last two days, both governments and civil society met in a summit to
>> discuss Open Government. The Platform is called The Open Government
>> Partnership, and, while there are many debatable issues in such
>> alliance, It is one of the few mechanisms with structured plans that
>> the governments must follow every year: the aim is to make the govs
>> more open, transparent and accountable.
>>
>> And during this annual meeting, the Surveillance Debate was the
>> elephant in the room, the center of all debates. This petition
>> basically asks govs to include the topic on their annual plans, which
>> will be an opportunity to revive the issue during all the periodical
>> evaluations and to push for concrete commitments from governments.
>>
>> While the drafting is far from perfect (It was written in a hurry)
>> your name on it - or your organization name on it, will really make it
>> stronger. And the request will be circulated among states. And please
>> note it also includes a plea for more transparency on surveillance
>> techs - the commercial ones.
>>
>> Here it is, including how you can join...
>>
>>
>> http://www.webfoundation.org/2013/11/statement-of-concern-on-disproportionate-surveillance/
>>
>> Have a nice weekend!
>>
>>
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