Day: September 7, 2011

Computers and Internet, Human Rights News, News and politics, Organizations2 Comments

SOCA call on Nominet for domain blocking

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Police can request a domain be blocked without a court order, if new proposals are adopted Nominet, the registrar that handles .uk domains, is moving ahead with proposed rules (PDF) that could allow law enforcement agencies to request a domain be shut down without a court order. The registrar launched the process in response to a request from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). Currently Nominet’s rules don’t allow for domains to be shut down for criminal reasons, though in the past it has blocked domains at the request of law enforcement agencies on the pretext that they provided … Continue reading SOCA call on Nominet for domain blocking

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Recording Casualties of War

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Oxford Research Group (ORG) are inviting members of the public to the launch of a new initiative, “The Charter for the Recognition of Every Casualty of Armed Violence” on Thursday, 15 September 2011, at the British Academy in London, 9.30 – 11.30 am. The Charter contains a set of three core demands on states to ensure that every person killed by armed violence is:  promptly recorded,   correctly identified, and  publicly acknowledged. The Charter is the first to set out for the international community clear casualty-recording requirements that are grounded in international law. Such recording is vital, because it enables … Continue reading Recording Casualties of War