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16 April 2021

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Possible Priorities for the Next UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy

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This informal meeting with NGOs and academics – organized by the Geneva Human Rights Platform – will discuss potential priorities for the next United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy.

As the current mandate holder is finishing his second three-year term, it is thus an important moment to collect views and priorities of civil society to bring them to the attention of the next mandate holder.

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