This page is meant to allow for a collabowriting effort to define what we mean when we say Internet Rights. We take the APC's Internet Rights Charter as basis.

ARTICLE 26, UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR):
EDUCATION SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HU-
MAN PERSONALITY AND TO THE STRENGTHENING OF RESPECT FOR HU-
MAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

1.3 The right to the skills Knowledge and skills enable people to use and
shape the internet to meet their needs. Local and national governments,
international and community organisations and private sector entities must
support and promote free or low-cost training opportunities, methodolo-
gies and materials related to using internet for social development.

ARTICLE 18, UDHR:
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, CONSCIENCE AND
RELIGION

ARTICLE 19, UDHR:
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION;
THIS RIGHT INCLUDES FREEDOM TO HOLD OPINIONS WITHOUT INTERFER-
ENCE AND TO SEEK, RECEIVE AND IMPART INFORMATION AND IDEAS
THROUGH ANY MEDIA REGARDLESS OF FRONTIERS

2.2 The right to freedom from censorship The internet must be pro-
tected from all attempts to silence critical voices and to censor social and
political content or debate.

2.3 The right to engage in online protest Organisations, communi-
ties and individuals should be free to use the internet to organise and
engage in protest.

ARTICLE 27, UDHR:
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF
THE COMMUNITY, TO ENJOY THE ARTS AND TO SHARE IN SCIENTIFIC
ADVANCEMENT AND ITS BENEFITS

ARTICLE 12, UDHR:
NO ONE SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO ARBITRARY INTERFERENCE WITH HIS PRI-
VACY, FAMILY, HOME OR CORRESPONDENCE, NOR TO ATTACKS UPON HIS
HONOUR AND REPUTATION

5.2 The right to freedom from surveillance People should be able to
communicate free of the threat of surveillance and interception.

5.3 The right to use encryption People communicating on the internet
must have the right to use tools which encode messages to ensure se-
cure, private and anonymous communication.

New Internet related Rights

INTERNET ACCESS FOR ALL
1.2 The right to access to infrastructure irrespective of where you
live The internet serves as a global public infrastructure. This infrastruc-
ture must be widely distributed and support sufficient bandwidth, which
will enable people everywhere to utilise its potential for raising their voices,
improving their lives and expressing their creativity. People have the right
to well-distributed national internet backbone that is connected to the
international network.

Gender Access
1.5 The right to equal access for men and women In many places
women and men do not have equal access to learn about, define, ac-
cess, use and shape the internet. Efforts to increase access must recog-
nise and redress existing gender inequalities. There must be full partici-
pation of women in all areas related to internet development to ensure
gender equity.

Internet Architecture
6.4 The right to open architecture The internet as a 'network of net-
works' is made up of many interconnected networks, based on the key
underlying technical idea of open architecture networking, in which any
type of network anywhere can be included and made publicly available.
Open architecture must be protected.

6.6 The right to internet neutrality and the end-to-end principle
The neutrality of the internet, chiefly concerned with the effective trans-
portation of packets, enables its intelligence to reside largely in comput-
ers, applications, servers, mobile and other devices at the networks' ends.
This has enabled the development of a wide range of new internet activi-
ties, industries and services 'at the ends,' and turns the internet into an
important tool within the wider context of economic and societal devel-
opment. The internet derives much of its power and reach from the value
of its network effect. The more people that have access to the internet,
the greater its value as a means for information exchange and communi-
cation. The end-to-end principle and net neutrality must be defended
from attempts to create a two-tier internet and centralise control.

THEME 7  AWARENESS, PROTECTION
AND REALISATION OF RIGHTS

7.1 The right to rights protection, awareness and education The
rights of people as users of the internet must be protected by interna-
tional human rights declarations, law and policy practice. National, re-
gional and global governing bodies must make information about rights
and procedures related to the internet freely available. This involves
public education to inform people of their rights when using the internet
and mechanisms to address rights violations.

7.2 The right to recourse when rights are violated People need
free public access to effective and accountable mechanisms for ad-
dressing violations of rights. When human and internet rights are
threatened by internet-based content, or by illegitimate surveillance,
limitations on freedoms of expressions, and other rights, parties should
have access to recourse mechanisms for taking action against such infringements.