Right to privacy: UN expert to
visit South Korea
GENEVA (12 July 2019) – The United
Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joseph Cannataci, will
visit the Republic of Korea from 15 to 26 July to examine legislation and
practices on surveillance, data protection, health data, biometrics and other
issues related to his mandate.
The Special Rapporteur will focus
on legislation like the 2011 Personal Information Protection Act, the mandatory
mobile phone registration law, and the 2005 Bioethics and Safety Act. The use
of CCTV, biometrics and ID cards, and their impact on the right to privacy will
be studied by Mr. Cannataci.
“I will also conduct a gender-based
analysis of the issues brought to my attention, in order to look at measures to
improve the way women’s right to privacy is protected in the Republic of
Korea,” Cannataci said.
The Special Rapporteur, who will
visit the country invited by the Government, will travel to Seoul, Jeju, Daegu
and Miryang, and meet government officials, civil society organisations and
academics working on the right to privacy.
“I will study good practices and
learn more about practices that can be used as an example for other countries,”
said the independent expert. He will report his findings and recommendations to
the Human Rights Council in March 2020.
The expert will also promote his
initiative for the protection of children’s right to privacy.
At the end of his visit, on 26 July
at 14:30 local time, the Special Rapporteur will hold a news conference at the
Korea Press Centre, 25, 1-GA, Taepyong-RO, Chung-GU, Seoul, South Korea, to
share with the media his preliminary observations and conclusions. Access to
the news conference is strictly limited to journalists.
ENDS
Mr. Joseph Cannataci (Malta) was
appointed as the first Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy by the Human
Rights Council in July 2015. He is an academic who has had a pioneering role in
the development on data protection, privacy law and technology law. A UK
Chartered Information Technology Professional & Fellow of the British Computer
Society, he also continues to act as Expert Consultant to a number of
international organisations.
The Special Rapporteurs are part of
what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Special
Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights
system, is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and
monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country situations or
thematic issues in all parts of the world. Special Procedures experts work on a
voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their
work. They are independent from any government or organization and serve in
their individual capacity.
UN Human Rights, Country Page –
Republic of Korea
For more information and press
inquiries, please contact:
During the visit: Mr. Jon Izagirre
Garcia (+41 79 444 4552);
In Geneva (before and after the
visit): Mr. Jon Izagirre Garcia (+41 22 917 97 15 / jizagirre@ohchr.org) or
srprivacy@ohchr.org;
For media inquiries related to
other UN independent experts:
Jeremy Laurence – Media Unit (+41
22 917 9383 / jlaurence@ohchr.org)
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