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A new frontier for human rightsA new frontier for human rights
Paul Bernal UEAPaul Bernal UEA
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Access to the net is a human rightAccess to the net is a human right
• A legal right in various countries: Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Spain...
• WSIS has been pushing the idea since 2003
• In June 2011 Frank La Rue, UN Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression effectively put the UN behind the idea
• A legal right in various countries: Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Spain...
• WSIS has been pushing the idea since 2003
• In June 2011 Frank La Rue, UN Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression effectively put the UN behind the idea
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An opportunity...An opportunity...
• Opportunities for human flourishing: informative, creative, communicative, social
• Supportive of fundamental freedoms - civil liberties
• Freedom of assembly
• Freedom of association
• Freedom of religion, thought
• Tools for the ‘little people’ - for equality
• Opportunities for human flourishing: informative, creative, communicative, social
• Supportive of fundamental freedoms - civil liberties
• Freedom of assembly
• Freedom of association
• Freedom of religion, thought
• Tools for the ‘little people’ - for equality
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...and a threat...and a threat
• Unprecedented opportunities for monitoring and tracking
• Increasingly in the hands of big business
• Powerful lobbies involved
• The security lobby - the spectre of terrorism
• The copyright lobby
• Unprecedented opportunities for monitoring and tracking
• Increasingly in the hands of big business
• Powerful lobbies involved
• The security lobby - the spectre of terrorism
• The copyright lobby
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Free but potentially risky?Safe but controlled - and a tool for
control....
Free but potentially risky?Safe but controlled - and a tool for
control....
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Asserting online rightsAsserting online rights
• A right to roam the internet with privacy
• A right to monitor and control those who monitor us
• A right to delete personal data
• A right to an online identity
• A right to be found (when we want to be found)
• A right to roam the internet with privacy
• A right to monitor and control those who monitor us
• A right to delete personal data
• A right to an online identity
• A right to be found (when we want to be found)
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Lecturer in Law, UEA Law School
[email protected]@paulbernalUK
Lecturer in Law, UEA Law School
[email protected]@paulbernalUK
SLS Conference 2011SLS Conference 2011