Research Catalog

Title

Human rights and the internet / edited by Steven Hick, Edward F. Halpin, Eric Hoskins ; foreword by Mary Robinson ; pref. by Abid Hussain.

Publication

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hick, Steven F., 1959-
• Halpin, Edward F.
• Hoskins, Eric, 1960-

Description

xviii, 257 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"Human Rights and the Internet examines how the Internet is used to communicate, organize and campaign for human rights and enhance education, as well as considering the problems of access and misuses of the Internet such as misinformation, hate and human rights violations. It provides valuable insight for all those interested in the use of the Internet as a tool for the promotion and protection of human rights, together with a picture of how the Internet is being adopted, and how it plays an important role in the work of many human rights organizations and activists." "The book will be of interest to academics from a range of fields including studies in human rights and international relations, law, information and communications, politics and other humanities and social science-based subjects. It will also be useful to both NGO and government organizations in informing them about the complex issues raised by human rights in the 'information age'."--Jacket.

Subjects

• Droits de l'homme > Ressources Internet
• Internet
• Human rights > Computer network resources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. 1. Perspectives of human rights on the internet. Introduction / Edward F. Halpin, Steven Hick and Eric Hoskins -- The mouse is mightier than the sword / Lloyd Axworthy -- The European Parliament and human rights on the internet / Glyn Ford -- Human rights NGOs: our love-hate relationship with the internet / Patti Whaley -- pt. 2. Online human rights activism. Rebel internet: human rights and the new technology / Wayne Sharpe -- Internet solidarity: grassroots movement struggles for human rights / Steven Hick and Ariel Teplitsky -- Doing human rights online: the Derechos' cyberbirth / Michael Katz-Lacabe and Margarita Lacabe -- Information overload: how increased information flows affect the work of the human rights movement / Eric Sottas and Ben Schonveld -- pt. 3. Human rights around the world on the internet. The internet in Africa: a turning point in the struggle for human rights? / Jacques Gauthier -- Human rights and the internet in South America / Alejandro Pacheco -- Human rights and the internet in Europe / Graham Lane -- Human rights and the internet in Asia: promoting the case of East Timor / Sharon Scharfe -- pt. 4. Uses and abuses of the internet. Hate on the internet / Karen Mock -- The internet and international children's rights / Mark Erik Hecht and Rodney Neufeld -- Women's voices against the war: the internet in the fight for human rights during the war in the former Yugoslavia / Djurdja Knezevic -- Reflections on the colour of the internet / Lorna Roth -- pt. 5. Current issues and future trends. Privacy, free speech and community: applying human rights law to cyberspace / Valerie Steeves -- Political control and the internet / Steve Wright -- Communication, human rights and cyberspace / Marshall Conley and Christina Patterson -- Human rights education on the internet: its day has come / Richard Pierre Claude and Steven Hick -- Information: an essential tool for human rights work / Edward F. Halpin and Steven Hick.

ISBN

• 0333777336
• 9780333777336

LCCN

00055692

OCLC

• ocm44425557
• 44425557
• SCSB-1141830

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library