Human rights in the global information society / edited by Rikke Frank Jørgensen.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Jørgensen, Rikke Frank.

Conference Name:

World Summit on the Information Society (2005 : Tunis, Tunisia)

Series:

Information revolution & global politics

The information revolution and global politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Congresses.

Human rights.

Information society--Congresses.

Information society.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 324 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

International organizations, governments, academia, industry, and the media have all begun to grapple with the information society as a global policy issue. The first United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held in December 2003, recognized the connections between information technology and human rights with a Declaration of Principles--in effect, the first "constitution" for cyberspace--that called for the development of the information society to conform to recognized standards of human rights. Critical issues in the policy debates around WSIS have been the so-called digital divide, which reflects a knowledge divide, a social divide, and an economic divide; and the need for a nondiscriminatory information society to provide universal access to information technology in local languages throughout the developing world. Other crucial issues include the regulatory frameworks for information access and ownership and such basic freedoms as the right to privacy. The contributors to this timely volume examine the links between information technology and human rights from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Scholars, human rights activists, and practitioners discuss such topics as freedom of expression, access to information, privacy, discrimination, gender equality, intellectual property, political participation, and freedom of assembly in the context of the revolution in information and communication technology, exploring the ways in which the information society can either advance human rights around the world or threaten them. An afterword reports on the November 2005 WSIS, held in Tunis, and its reaffirmation of the fundamental role of human rights in the global information society. Contributors:David Banisar, William Drake, Ran Greenstein, Anriette Esterhuysen, Robin Gross, Gus Hosein, Heike Jensen, Rikke Frank Jorgensen, Hans Klein, Charley Lewis, Meryem Marzouki, Birgitte Kofod Olsen, Kay Raseroka, Adama Samassǩou, Mandana Zarrehparvar.

Contents:

I Freedom of Expression, Access to Information, and Privacy Protection 51

1 The Right to Express Oneself and to Seek Information / Rikke Frank Jorgensen 53

2 The Right to Information in the Age of Information / David Banisar 73

3 Access to Information and Knowledge / Kay Raseroka 91

4 Intellectual Property Rights and the Information Commons / Robin Gross 107

5 Privacy as Freedom / Gus Hosein 121

II Freedom of Association, Participation, and Procedural Protections 149

6 The Right of Assembly and Freedom of Association in the Information Age / Charley Lewis 151

7 The Right to Political Participation and the Information Society / Hans Klein 185

8 The "Guarantee Rights" for Realizing the Rule of Law / Meryem Marzouki 197

III Equal Treatment and Development 219

9 A Nondiscriminatory Information Society / Mandana Zarrehparvar 221

10 Women's Human Rights in the Information Society / Heike Jensen 235

11 Ensuring Minority Rights in a Pluralistic and "Liquid" Information Society / Birgitte Kofod Olsen 263

12 The Right to Development in the Information Society / Ran Greenstein, Anriette Esterhuysen 281

Afterword: The Tunis Commitment 309.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at the World Summit on the Information Society, November 2005.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262256445

0262256444

142379026X

9781423790266

OCLC:

70830863

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