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UN Agent Takes Broad View on Data Privacy Rights
October 31, 2016
In a report to the UN General Assembly, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joseph Cannataci, warned of expanded attempts by governments to resort to "permanent mass surveillance" and indicated his opposition to the access by law enforcement to the data on one's personal smartphone data, even with a judicial warrant.
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Contact Group Discusses Citizenship Education Efforts
October 31, 2016
At the annual meeting of the International Contact Group on Citizenship and Human Rights Education, held in Budapest, the participants - including the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization - described their recent progress in advancing the "Global Citizenship Education" agenda and called for a broader membership to promote their goals.
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UN Observers Seek Bolstered Migration Rights
October 31, 2016
Two UN human rights mandate holders have characterized upcoming negotiations on an international compact for the global governance of migration as an opportunity to establish an "Agenda 2033 for Facilitating Human Mobility," which would provide for expanded access of migrants around the world to safe "mobility channels."
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UN Agent Pushes "Right to Adequate Housing"
October 31, 2016
Following the UN "Habitat III" Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, describes her efforts to integrate the global human rights agenda into urban planning and to persuade officials to recognize as "rights claimants" those in cities who do not have access to adequate housing.
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WHO Works on Standards Supporting "Right to Reproduce"
October 28, 2016
According to The Telegraph, critics argue that new global standards to which the UN's World Health Organization has contributed, expanding the definition of "infertility" to include anyone who wishes to have children but cannot, threaten the WHO's credibility and merely seek to support an international human right to reproduce.
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