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“INTERNET UNIVERSALITY:” HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES FOR THE INTERNET
“INTERNET UNIVERSALITY:” HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES FOR THE INTERNET

Author(s): Michael A. Peters
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: Internet; universality; human rights; openness; access; multi-stakeholder; global governance

Summary/Abstract: This paper details proposals by UNESCO to manufacture and draft a concept of “Internet Universality” that adopts a human-rights framework as a basis for articulating a set of principles and rights for the Internet. The paper discusses various drafts of this concept before examining the Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet put forward by The Internet Rights & Principles Dynamic Coalition based at the UN Internet Governance Forum, and the working law Marco Civil da Internet introduced by Brazil.

  • Issue Year: 2/2014
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 15-28
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English