Surveillance Law in Africa: a Review of Six Countries (original) (raw)

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posted on 2024-09-05, 21:52 authored by Tony Roberts, Abrar Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Farahat, Ridwan Oloyede, Grace Mutung'u

This review provides the first comparative analysis of African legal surveillance frameworks. The study identifies nine core principles derived from existing guidelines as an analytical framework to identify opportunities to strengthen privacy protection, while narrowly targeting surveillance on the most serious crimes. Six detailed country reports are synthesised in this comparative analysis to produce a series of actionable recommendations for policy, practice and further research.

Funding

Omidyar Network

History

Publisher

Institute of Development Studies

Citation

Roberts, T.; Mohamed Ali, A.; Farahat, M.; Oloyede, R. and Mutung’u, G. (2021) Surveillance Law in Africa: a Review of Six Countries, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/IDS.2021.059

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.19088/IDS.2021.059

Version

• VoR (Version of Record)

IDS Item Types

IDS Research Report

Copyright holder

© Institute of Development Studies 2021

Country

South Africa; Nigeria; Senegal; Egypt; Sudan; Kenya

Project identifier

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