Travel Guide to the Digital World: Encryption Policy for Human Rights Defenders

Tags: 2010s Five Eyes G20 Human Rights International Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Authors: Global Partners Digital, Stepanovich, Amie, Wingfield, Richard

Published: 2017

URL: https://www.gp-digital.org/publication/travel-guide-to-the-digital-world-4-encryption-policy-for-human-rights-defenders/

Abstract: This is a guide, aimed at a non-technical audience, seeking to explain the connection between human rights and encryption. The article gives a background on the basics of encryption, and how it affects the day-to-day life of people around the globe, and its impacts on privacy and freedom of expression. Finally, the article outlines the legal and policy background of encryption regulation across the globe and at the international, national, and local levels. This guide provides a simple but detailed background on global encryption policy and its direct impacts on human rights.

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