By Rabiath Juliette Berphine Emmanuel , Consultant for the Culture sector of UNESCO in Congo Brazzaville, University of Kent LLM honors graduate in International Criminal Law and Human Rights Law
 Table of abbreviations
IPT                                 Investigatory Powers Tribunal
ECHR                            European Convention on Human Rights
ECtHR                           European Court of Human Rights
HRA 1998                      Human Rights Act 1998
NS                                  National security
MaS                                Mass surveillance
HR                                  Human rights
RIPA                               Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Since the revelations made by former NSA and CIA contractor Edward Snowden in 2013[1], citizen...