Information for Human Rights. Part I: The WSIS and beyond

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Information for Human Rights. Part I: The WSIS and beyond

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The Digital Divide and Human Rights - What the EU should do at the World Summit on Information Society, 2005
Anne Peacock, a doctoral researcher in the Law Department of University of Essex
"This article argues that the accessibility of information technologies is a human right, rooted in major international human rights instruments."

Information and Communication Technologies as Human Rights Enablers
Rikke Frank Jorgensen, Henrik Lindholt and Lone Lindholt, The Danish Institute for Human Rights
"Information and communication technologies (ICTs) must not be seen as a mere means of exchanging and disseminating information, but as crucial tools to improve the enjoyment of human rights."

Intellectual Property and Human Rights: Where to after the first WSIS?
Catrin Pekari, University of Graz, Austria
"This paper explores the interrelationship between intellectual property rights (IPRs) and human rights and identifies several current problems and potential conflicts. Starting from a historical perspective, the development of the modern IPR system and its ideological roots are evaluated against the backdrop of the contemporary societal order, including the human rights system."

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Information for Human Rights. Part I: The WSIS and beyond

The Digital Divide and Human Rights - What the EU should do at the World Summit on Information Society, 2005

Information and Communication Technologies as Human Rights Enablers

Intellectual Property and Human Rights: Where to after the first WSIS?

Information for Human Rights. Part II: Case Studies From Across the Globe

Activism Made Easy: A Study of Amnesty International’s Online Campaign to Stop Torture

Towards A Global Network of Rights: The Experience of Nepal

Information: an obstacle for human rights?

Breaking Through the “Golden Shield”

Human Rights Organisations and the Internet in Belarus

The American Antitrust Institute: Introduction to a Virtual Public Interest Network

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