[governance] Tunis Parallel Event: Human Rights in the Global Information Society, Nov. 15

[William Drake]

A parallel event to be held during the World Summit on the Information
Society at Tunis
Presented by the Danish Institute for Human Rights (www.humanrights.dk)


Book Announcement and Panel on

Human Rights in the Global Information Society

Tuesday November 15 2005, 9:00-11:00, Room: Matmata, the Kram Exhibition
Centre

Please join us for a panel on the upcoming book "Human Rights in the
Global Information Society”, with contributions from a number of WSIS
civil society actors.

The book, which includes a Preface by Adama Samassekou , is being
published by MIT Press in 2006, in the series of "The Information
Revolution and Global Politics".

For information on the book see:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10872

The introduction by William Drake and Rikke Frank Jørgensen will be freely
available at the MIT web address above.

The book will be presented by a panel discussion.

Welcome: Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Danish Human Rights Institute, editor of
“Human Rights in the Global Information Society”

Opening remarks: Adama Samassekou, President of WSIS first phase, Mali

Moderator: William Drake, Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility, and co-editor of the MIT Press book series "The
Information Revolution and Global Politics".

Panelists: 5-10 min. tour de table with main point / policy
recommendations from each author, followed by debate

Right to freedom of expression: Rikke Frank Joergensen, Danish Institute
for Human Rights, Denmark,

Right to privacy: Gus Hosein, Privacy International, UK

Right of Assembly & Freedom of Association, Charley Lewis, LINK Centre,
South Africa

Right to take part in the conduct of public affairs: Hans Klein, Georgia
Institute of Technology, US

"Guarantee-rights": Meryem Marzouki, LIP6/PolyTIC Lab, CNRS, France

Women's Human Rights: Heike Jensen, Humboldt University, Germany

Right to development:  Anriette Esterhuysen, APC, South Africa

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Contents of “Human Rights in the Global Information Society”

Foreword        by Adama Samassékou

Introduction    William Drake and Rikke Frank Jørgensen

Section 1: Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Privacy
Protection

Chapter 1.       The Right to Express Oneself and to Seek Information by
Rikke Frank Jørgensen

Chapter 2.       The Right to Information in the Age of Information by
David Banisar

Chapter 3.       Access to Information and Knowledge by Kay Raseroka

Chapter 4.       Intellectual Property Rights and the Information Commons
by Robin Gross

Chapter 5.       Privacy as Freedom by Gus Hosein


Section 2: Freedom of Association, Participation, and Procedural Protections

Chapter 6.       The Right of Assembly & Freedom of Association in the
Information Age by Charley Lewis

Chapter 7.       The Right to Political Participation and the Information
Society by Hans Klein

Chapter 8.       The ‘Guarantee-Rights’ for Realizing the Rule of Law by
Meryem Marzouki

Section 3: Equal Treatment and development

Chapter 9.       A Nondiscriminatory Information Society by Mandana
Zarrehparvar

Chapter 10.     Women’s Human Rights in the Information Society by Heike
Jensen

Chapter 11.     Ensuring Minority Rights in a Pluralistic and ‘Liquid’
Information Society by Birgitte Kofod Olsen

Chapter 12.     The Right to Development in the Information Society by Ran
Greenstein and Anriette Esterhuysen




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William J. Drake  wdrake at ictsd.ch
President, Computer Professionals for
   Social Responsibility www.cpsr.org
Senior Associate, International Centre for Trade
   and Sustainable Development www.ictsd.org
   Geneva, Switzerland
http://mitpress.mit.edu/IRGP-series
http://www.cpsr.org/board/drake
Morality is the best of all devices for leading
mankind by the nose.---Nietzsche
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