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

[Heloisa Pait]

Quando eu disse "amanhã", eu fale em sentido figurado. Eu não recebi
nenhuma mensagem criptografada de Washington... Mas aqui vai a notícia
sobre as práticas da Abin e do governo brasileiro:

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2013/11/1366382-agencia-brasileira-espionou-funcionarios-estrangeiros.shtml

Abraço,
Heloisa


On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Heloisa Pait <heloisa.pait em gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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