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report · May 2026
Surveillance, privacy, and the rule of law
Omar Faraj
This Report examines how surveillance authorisations are reviewed in practice across five jurisdictions, focusing on the procedural standards that govern judicial or quasi-judicial approval. The Report finds that the formal availability of prior judicial authorisation correlates weakly with the substantive rigour of review, and identifies the institutional conditions under which procedural review functions as a meaningful constraint rather than as a rubber stamp.
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Consent and digital identity
Omar Faraj
Consent does difficult work in modern data law: it is asked to legitimate uses of personal data that are neither knowingly authorised in any meaningful sense nor practically refusable. This Brief examines the operational realities of consent in digital-identity systems and proposes procedural standards that recognise consent's limits while preserving its protective function.
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