A top United Nations human rights official released a report Wednesday that blasts the United States’ mass surveillance programs for potentially violating human rights on a worldwide scale.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the surveillance activities of the National Security Agency (NSA) likely violate international law, as well as the human rights of the individuals being surveilled, as defined under article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees individuals the right to avoid being subjected arbitrary or unlawful violations of privacy.