Human Rights Debate - Do Surveillance Laws Reduce Freedoms

Human Rights in world of fear -
in which society do we want to live?
Ilmenau, 11/05/2009

Overview – agenda for today
The „Aktion Freiheit statt Angst e.V. (i.Gr.) (=Action Coalition
Freedom Not Fear)
What do we fear?
Security sector and surveillance – fields of interest
The term „security“ and its change
Legal measures of surveillance and mass-data retention
Do we live safer through surveillance and extension of law
enforcement?
What do we loose?
Basic changes of democratic norms & values
The real outcome?
Conclusion
Ricardo Cristof Remmert-Fontes
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The „Aktion Freiheit statt Angst e.V.“

=

Action Coalition Freedom Not Fear

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Aktion Freiheit statt Angst e.V. (i.Gr.)
(Action Coalition Freedom Not Fear)

Coordination, networking and exchange
Germany (coordinating office Berlin) and Europe
Judical and political expertise
Statements, fact sheets
Constitutional complaints and other legal weapons
Information, education
Lectures, workshops, seminars, panel discussions
Info-desks
Aktivism, protest and PR
Press releases, arts actions, flashmobs, demonstrations...

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What do we fear?

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The term „security“ and its change

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Social security

Basic provisions
Medical and health care
Pensions and social insurance
Education
(Infrastructure)

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Police and military security

Goal:
Safety of citizens
Safety of infrastructure
Defending the constitution
(and organs of constitution)
Safety of the state
(as abstractum)
Defending the territory

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Again: what do we fear?

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Security sector and surveillance –
fields of interest

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Security sector and surveillance –
fields of interest
1.Terrorism
2.Copyright infringement, economic crimes, general
crime prevention
3.Child pornography/child abuse
4.„Anti-social behaviour“?
5.„Riot Control“, control of political activities?

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Legal measures of surveillance and
mass-data retention – a short
overview

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Legal measures of surveillance and
mass-data retention
Data retention of telecommunications of everybody
incl. Geo-Data
Wiretapping
ePassports
Biometric databases (DNA, biom. Photos)
Passenger Name Records
Internet Filtering
Video surveillance
Access to financial transactions

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Surveillance – the panopticon

Surveillance of
communication
Surveillance of financial
transactions
Surveillance of travelling
Centralized databases or
centralized access to
decentralized databases
Permanent access
cross-connection

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Do we live safer through
surveillance and extension of law
enforcement?

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Nope...

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Do we live safer through surveillance
and extension of law enforcement?
Crime rates Germany: Can easily be
constant throughout last circumvented
+10 years
Preventive effects by
Success of criminal „strong law and order“:
investigation: zero
Data retention: increased
by max 2%
Video surveillance:
increased by max. 2%
...

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What do we loose?

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Basic democratic norms & values

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Basic changes of democratic norms &
values
Cuts of and impacts on Recent mass-surveillance
civil liberties should and security laws break:
always the principle of beeing
innocent until proven
be ultima ratio
guilty
need trial order and/or
the principle of
an individual justification
subsidiarity
be a single measure, not
separation of powers
a mass-instrument
the principle of the
separation between
polices, secret services
and military

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Basic changes of democratic norms &
values
Recent mass-surveillance and security laws may
endanger:
Freedom of Speech
Privacy and private communication
Freedom of movement
Political participation
Social participation

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The real outcome?

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Conclusion

We loose several basic
We build our
freedoms
society and every
We tear down basic
days life on:
principles of democracy
and a free society
We get no reduction of

f ear
crime rates, terrorism etc.
We get an increasing
number of falsely
suspected
We get an increasing
number of false alarms
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Conclusion

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The enemies of freedom win the
game without shooting once
–
we shoot ourselves... and rest
securely.

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But wait...

we can DO something about it!

;-D

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International Action Day „Freedom Not
Fear“ on 12/09/09
Demonstrations, protest
marches
Parties, music, concerts
Arts actions, flashmobs
Lectures, talks,
conferences

We need your help:
Organize SOMETHING in
your capital city
Contacts to organizations

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Appendix

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Thank you! Further questions?


Aktion Freiheit statt Angst e.V. (i.Gr.)
(Action Coalition Freedom Not Fear)

Jupiterstrasse 18
D-12057 Berlin

Tel: +49-30-69209922-1
Fax: +49-30-69209922-9
Mobile: +49-170-2487266
Jabber (Instant Messaging): rcrf@jabber.org
E-Mail: rcrf@aktion-fsa.de
Web: http://www.aktion-freiheitstattangst.org
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More Info

Aktionsbündnis Freiheit statt Angst
(http://www.aktion-freiheitstattangst.org; german, parts in
english; translators wanted! :-D)
EDRi (http://www.edri.org)
Statewatch (http://www.statewatch.org)
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
(http://www.eff.org)
European Civil Liberties Network (ECLN)
(http://www.ecln.org)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
(http://www.aclu.org)
La Quadrature du Net (http://www.laquadrature.net; eng., french)

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