Human Rights and the Internet de S. Hick

Human Rights and the Internet

S. Hick

E. Halpin

E. Hoskins

The Internet is having an increasing influence on our lives, but what implications does it hold for human rights? How can it be used to promote and protect them? This book, written by an accomplished group of activists, writers and academics, describes the development and use of the Internet for human rights, examines its impact across the world and upon various sectors of society, and discusses current and future trends in human rights promotion and protection.

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Preț

Express

Paperback (1)

327^.45 lei 38-45 zile

Palgrave Macmillan UK – aug 2000

327^.45 lei 38-45 zile

Hardback (1)

388^.74 lei 6-8 săpt.

Palgrave Macmillan UK – aug 2000

388^.74 lei 6-8 săpt.

Cuprins

Foreword; M.Robinson Preface; A.Hussein Notes on the Contributors Introduction; E.Halpin, S.Hick & E.Hoskins The Mouse is Mightier than the Sword; L.Axworthy The European Parliament and Human Rights on the Internet; G.Ford Human Rights NGOs: Our Love Hate Relationship with the Internet; P.Whaley Rebel Internet: Human Rights and the New Technology; W.Sharpe Internet Solidarity: Grassroots Movement Struggles for Human Rights; A.Teplinsky & S.Hick Doing Human Rights Online: The Derechos' Cyberbirth; M.Katz & M.Lacabe Information Overload: How Increased Information Flows Affect the Work of the Human Rights Movement; E.Sottas & B.Schonveld The Internet in Africa: A Turning Point in the Struggle for Human Rights; J.Gauthier Human Rights and the Internet in South America; A.Pacheco Human Rights and the Internet in Europe; G.Lane Human Rights on the Internet in Asia: Promoting the Case of East Timor on the Internet; S.Scharge Hate on the Internet; K.Mock The Internet and International Children's Rights; M.Hecht & R.Neufeld Women's Voices Against the War: The Internet in the Fight for Human Rights During the War in the Former Yugoslavia; D.Knezevic Reflections on the Colour of the Internet; L.Roth Privacy, Free Speech and Community: Applying Human Rights Law to Cyberspace; V.Steeves Political Control and the Internet; S.Wright Communication, Human Rights and Cyberspace; M.Conley & C.Patterson Human Rights Education and the Internet: Its Day Has Come; R.P. Claude & S.Hick Information: An Essential Tool for Human Rights Work; E.Halpin & S.Hick Index

Notă biografică

LLOYD AXWORTHY Minister of Foreign Affairs, CanadaRICHARD PIERRE CLAUDE Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics, University of Maryland and Visiting Professor, Princeton UniversityMARSHALL CONLEY Professor of Political Science, Acadia UniversityGLYN FORD Member of the European ParliamentJACQUES GAUTHIER International Adviser and CounsellorEDWARD F. HALPIN Senior Lecturer, School of Information Management, University of LeedsMARK ERIK HECHT Deputy Director of Human Rights Internet, OttawaSTEVEN HICK Professor, Carleton University, OttawaERIC HOSKINS Senior Adviser to Canadian Foreign Affairs MinisterMICHAEL KATZ-LACABE Chair of Derechos Human Rights, non-governmental organizationDJURDJA KNEZEVIC HistorianMARGARITA LACABE Executive Director of Derechos Human Rights, non-governmental organizationGRAHAM LANE Director of Information Technology, International Secretariat of Amnesty International, LondonKAREN MOCK National Director of Information, League for Human Rights, B'nai Brith, CanadaRODNEY NEUFELT Research Associate, Human Rights Internet (HRI) ALEJANDRO PACHECO International Consultant, Amnesty International, Latin AmericaCHRISTINA PATTERSON Junior Professional, UNESCOLORNA ROTH Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University, Montreal SHARON SCHARFE Director of the International Secretariat, Parliamentarians for East TimorBEN SCHONVELD World Organization Against Torture, BrusselsWAYNE SHARPE Communications Consultant, Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society, VancouverERIC SOTTAS Director of the World Organization Against Torture, GenevaVALERIE STEEVES Director, Technology and Human Rights Project, University of OttawaARIEL TEPLITSKY Human Rights Activist and JournalistPATTI WHALEY Deputy General Secretary, International Secretariat of Amnesty InternationalSTEVE WRIGHT Director, Omega Foundation