Valuable Sites
- Declan McCullagh's Global Freedom and Privacy Page
- Index on Censorship Home Page
- European Cryptography Resources
- German-English Bilingual Net Censorship Page
- Privacy International's Country Reports page.
- Privacy International's Private Parts Online
International Documents
European Agreements on Privacy
- Common Position of the European Union on the Directive concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy
in the telecommunications sector, in particular in the integrated services digital network (ISDN) and in the public digital mobile networks (ISDN Privacy Directive)
- Final Text of the European Union Directive on Data Protection in English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and German and analyses.
- 1980 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Guidelines on Privacy and Transborder flows [de] [fr]
- 1981
Council of Europe Convention For the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data
Other European Documents
- European Covention on Human Rights. Convention européenne des Droits de l'Homme.
- Council of Europe Recommendations on Criminal Procedural Law Connected with Information Technology, 11 September 1995.
- Maastrict Treaty, Title 6: Provisions on Cooperation in the Fields of Justice and Home Affairs
- Schenegan Agreement of 14 June 1985 on abolition of border checks.
International Human Rights Agreements
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights/Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme
- International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights
- US Senate Report on Ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- American Convention on Human Rights/Convención Americana Sobre Derechos Humanos .
- American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man/Declaración Americana de los Derechos y Deberes del Hombre.
United Nations Conventions
- Charter of the United Nations
- Statute of the International Court of Justice
- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Convention Against Torture
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
Reports
- Silencing the Net: The Threat to Freedom of Expression
On-line -- A report from Human Rights Watch
documenting attempts by governments to limit free speech and
restrict privacy on the Internet.
- Investigation
into the Content of On-Line Services: Report to the Minister for
Communications and the Arts, Australian
Broadcasting Authority (30 June 1996).
- "U.S. State Department Reports Wordwide Privacy Abuses". Privacy International review of the U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1995".