ISS blog Bliss publishes article on the Wiv and PILP

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September 12, 2018
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When powers of surveillance services increasingly infringe on human rights, as is the case with the new Intelligence and Security Services Act (Wiv), what are the options? One possible avenue is that of legal mobilization: using the law to achieve social goals that are unachievable through the political avenue.

This is what Lotte Houwing (PILP file keeper for the Wiv file) and Jeff Handmaker (senior researcher at the Institute of Social Studies, ISS) argue for. In the article “Legal mobilization in the court of public opinion,” they discuss the pain points in the Wiv and the reasons for the PILP to initiate proceedings. They also name the influence of public pressure to curb excessive government interference and to create room for movement for rights-based advocacy and reform.

Read the article on Bliss, the ISS’ official blog on global development and social justice.

Read more about our Wiv dossier here.

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