Human rights in the global information society /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: World Summit on the Information Society
Other Authors: Jørgensen, Rikke Frank
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Series:Information revolution & global politics.
Subjects:
Human rights > Congresses.
Information society > Congresses.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Congrès.
Société de l'information > Congrès.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Human rights
Information society
Menschenrecht
Informationsgesellschaft
Global information society
INFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & Policy
INFORMATION SCIENCE/Communications & Telecommunications
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The right to express oneself and to seek information / Rikke Frank Jørgensen
  • The right to information in the age of information / David Banisar
  • Access to information and knowledge / Kay Raseroka
  • Intellectual property rights and the information commons / Robin Gross
  • Privacy as freedom / Gus Hosein
  • The right of assembly and freedom of association in the information age / Charley Lewis
  • The right to political participation and the information society / Hans Klein
  • The "guarantee rights" for realizing the rule of law / Meryem Marzouki
  • A nondiscriminatory information society / Mandana Zarrehparvar
  • Women's human rights in the information society / Heike Jensen
  • Ensuring minority rights in a pluralistic and "liquid" information society / Birgitte Kofod Olsen
  • The right to development in the information society / Ran Greenstein, Anriette Esterhuysen.

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