UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression had invited comments on the surveillance industry and human rights. In 1993 the United Nations Commission on Human Rights established the mandate of the Special Rapporteur that included gathering information on violations, responding to credible information, making recommendations and contributions to provision of technical assistance or advisory services by Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to better promote and protection right to freedom of opinion and expression.
Last date for submissions from States, civil society, private businesses, and other interested stakeholders was 15th February 2019. The Special Rapporteur requested concise comments on domestic regulatory framework on development, marketing, deployment, facilitation and use of surveillance technologies. The aim of this exercise is to study obligations and responsibilities of States and businesses in the light of human right standards.
We have made our submissions highlighting the domestic laws, regulations, judicial decisions on the use of surveillance technologies in India and their consistency with human rights standards. These submission detailed below will be posted on the OHCHR website at the time of the report’s publication.
