[governance] Tunis Parallel Event: Human Rights in the Global Information Society, Nov. 15
William Drake
wdrake at cpsr.org
Thu Nov 10 07:30:09 EST 2005
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. Womens 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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