Cyber security and human rights
With the advent of new technology, new security threats have emerged for people, businesses and states. Oftentimes, responses to such threats, including states’ exercise of their unprecedented power to surveil their populations, have been criticised for their negative impact on human rights. Can security and human rights no longer be reconciled in the Internet age?
Posts & Publications
Thou shalt build NODEs in the air, but would that be fair? Our submission in response to the NODE White Paper
New Video: A feminist perspective on principles of consent in the age of embodied data – Draft paper presentation
When and where is Aarogya Setu mandatory? We’re keeping track
An exclusion tale: Aarogya Setu’s march from optional to mandatory
Statement against the mandatory imposition of Aarogya Setu App on workers
National Coalition urges Government to comply with privacy principles during COVID-19
Submission in response to the White Paper of the Committee of Experts on Data Protection Framework for India
Rangoli as a way to explore networks
Dialing for data protection: Our comments to TRAI Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of User Data in the Telecom Sector
Why the Supreme Court’s right to privacy judgement matters so much to marginalised people in India
IGF 2016: A tale of victories – and new challenges
Corporate actors must not facilitate human rights violations through new Chinese rules
India’s Universal Periodic Review – third cycle: Stakeholder report by the Internet Democracy Project
Coalition report of Universal Periodic Review for India – third cycle: Internet rights
Our comments on the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill
India and the Budapest Convention: To sign or not? Considerations for Indian stakeholders
Watchtower: An interactive map of cybersecurity institutions in the Government of India
India at the Internet’s root? Understanding India’s pitch for a root server
Defending India’s Critical Information Infrastructure
Cybersecurity, Internet governance and India’s foreign policy: Antecedents and the way forward for non-governmental stakeholders
Multistakeholderism in cybersecurity: What civil society brings uniquely
We signed an open letter to the leaders of the world’s governments demanding #SecurityForAll
With or without us: Bilateralism and India’s cybersecurity policies
Cybersecurity and bilateral ties of India and the United States: A very brief history
Opportunism or glasnost? India’s embrace of multistakeholderism in Internet governance
Addressing India’s global cybersecurity concerns: Norm development, regulatory challenges, alternative approaches
ICANN’s plans to strip anonymity from website owners puts already vulnerable Internet users at further risk
Digital India abroad: India’s foreign policy and digital rights
We need a UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy!
Re-Interpreting Document 98: India’s proposals at the ITU Plenipot 2014 and the evolution of Internet governance
How to ensure a safe and secure Internet? Not cyber ethics but human rights and multistakeholderism are the answer
Letter from international civil society organisations to President Dilma Rousseff in support of her statement at the 68th Session of the UNGA
India’s Central Monitoring System: No getting away from the gaze of the State
Can security and human rights be reconciled?
Freedom Online Coalition: A Call to Governments from civil society
Civil society letter to US Congress on Internet and telecommunications surveillance
Civil society statement to the UN HRC on the impact of state surveillance on human rights globally, addressing the US PRISM program
Reframing the debate: Cyber security, cyber surveillance and online human rights
Global coalition of NGOs calls to investigate and disable FinFisher’s espionage equipment in Pakistan
‘Wearing a digital condom’: Staying safe online – #EROTICSIndia
Passwords: Your first line of defence – #EROTICSIndia
Security risks online: How much information do you give away? – #EROTICSIndia
Quotable Quotes from #SAFoE
Moving forward in fighting online hate speech and excessive surveillance: Suggestions and solutions from #SAFoE
Cyber security, surveillance and anonymity: The debate at #SAFoE
Cyber security, surveillance and the right to privacy: Country perspectives – #SAFoE
Negotiating cyber security, surveillance and hate speech: Keynote speech by Prof. KS Park – #SAFoE