GENEVA (7 December 2023) – A UN expert has welcomed the comprehensive legal framework to safeguard privacy and data protection in Mauritius, but warned that challenges remain in its implementation....

NEW YORK (16 October 2023) – Transparency will build trust and reliability in artificial intelligence (AI) and promote and protect the right to privacy, a UN expert said. In a report to the General...

GENEVA (19 July 2023) – UN experts* today expressed deep concern about a discriminatory policy issued by the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) in April 2023 that effectively restricts the...

GENEVA (14 March 2023) – States should examine issues related to personal data collected and processed by public authorities during COVID-19, a UN expert urged today, calling for the data to be...

GENEVA (13 March 2023) – Myanmar’s military junta is orchestrating an online campaign of terror, and weaponising social media platforms to crush democratic opposition, UN experts* said today. “Online...

The present report has been prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 46/16.

Privacy is taken very seriously in Lithuania but more can be done to ensure vulnerable groups such as migrants and refugees, older persons, children and LGBTIQ+ are provided greater protection, a UN...

GENEVA (12 December 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy Ana Brian Nougrères will visit Lithuania from 12 to 16 December at the invitation of the Government. The UN expert will...

NEW YORK (19 October 2022) – “New digital technologies that are used to process personal information in an invasive and large-scale manner, fail to respect individuals’ reasonable expectations of...

One year ago, in resolution 48/4, the Council asked the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the right to privacy to identify recent trends and challenges with regard to the human...