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January 2021

Department Of International Law participates in the International Day for the Protection of Personal Data


The Department of International Law (DDI) has joined the activities held worldwide on the occasion of the International Day for the Protection of Personal Data, celebrated on January 28 in commemoration of the signing of the European Council’s Convention 108 for the protection of people with respect to the automated processing of personal data, in 1981.

The International Day for the Protection of Personal Data aims to raise awareness of the importance of protecting, promoting and disseminating the right to privacy, as well as about the international and national instruments that allow them to exercise that right in a more effective way. Every year, data protection authorities, organizations and associations from the public, private and civil society sectors around the world organize information sessions, seminars, debates and presentations to raise awareness of the importance of this right.

In this vein, the Department of International Law participated in the International Forum: Data Protection and Access to Public Information in the Administration of Justice, organized by the Judicial Branch of the Republic of Costa Rica with the aim of fostering a space for reflection, dialogue, and exchange of experiences and good practices on this issue, with a view to strengthening access to justice and the quality of its administration, and ensuring respect for the principle of legality for the protection of personal data contained in public documents.

The event was attended by Dr. Mauricio París, international expert in data protection and Dr. Dante Negro, Director of the OAS Department of International Law, who referred to the Model Inter-American Law 2.0 on Access to Public Information, approved in October 2020 by the OAS General Assembly, and its importance for the protection of personal data contained in public documents.

Furthermore, in its capacity as Technical Secretariat of the Inter-American Juridical Committee (CJI), the DDI provides support to the rapporteurship for updating the Principles of Privacy and Data Protection adopted by the CJI in 2015. This rapporteurship has prepared a proposal that is being consulted with the guarantor bodies of the OAS member states, with a view to being evaluated by the members of the CJI at its next regular session scheduled for April. The updated proposal constitutes an important effort to raise regional levels of personal data protection, with an emphasis on informed consent and strengthening the control of this data by its owners, among others.

» To view the Model Inter-American Law 2.0 on Access to Public Information, click here.

» To learn more about the work of the Inter-American Juridical Committee on this issue, click here.

For further information on this matter, please contact the Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs of the OAS + 1 202 370 0743. 

» To learn more about DDI's work on this issue, click here.

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