The United Nations human rights council is to establish the role of a rapporteur to cover privacy issues in a landmark decision that helps establish the idea that freedom from excessive surveillance is a fundamental right.The move is a direct consequence of Edward Snowden’s revelations about the scale of electronic monitoring by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and Britain’s GCHQ.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/27/un-sets-up-privacy-rapporteur-role-snowden-leaks