Internet Rights and Principles Coalition
Committed to making Internet work for human rights
Monday 25 – Wednesday 27 February 2013 Paris (UNESCO Headquarters) UNESCO, in cooperation with ITU, UNCTAD and UNDP, is organizing the first WSIS +10 review meeting entitled “Towards Knowledge Societies for Peace and Sustainable Development”. This meeting will assess the progress made, look at ongoing and future ICT trends and build a vision […]
A public planning meeting to discuss the submitted proposals for EuroDIG 2013 was held in Lisbon on Tuesday 29 January 2013.
The rise of the Internet is transforming the very foundations of society, offering possibilities for a more equal, democratic and prosperous world in which human rights are realized fully. The Internet enables communication, association, and access to information on a scale which is unparalleled in human history. This Charter aims to protect and expand the positive spirit and value of the Internet for the generations to come.
“The Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg (France), now covers virtually the entire European continent, with its 47 member countries. Founded on 5 May 1949 by 10 countries, the Council of Europe seeks to develop throughout Europe common and democratic principles based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts on the […]
The Internet Observatory has just released its Internet Policy Report Brazil 2011, which contains analysis on the main legislative, regulatory, technical and public policy proposals debated and/or implemented in Brazil in 2011.
World’s first website focusing on gender and technology policy About GenderIT.org GenderIT.org emerged from the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Networking Support Programme’s advocacy work in information and communications technologies (ICTs). The need to have examples of national policy, gender-sensitive language, tools for lobbying, and an understanding of the impact of poor or positive policy all within easy […]
Internet for social justice and sustainable development The APC mission “APC’s mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental […]
Internet Rights and Principles Coalition Meeting Report 09.00-10.30, Friday 9th November (Day 4), Room 7
The Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition is a network of individuals and organisations that is working to uphold human rights on the Internet, and to root Internet governance processes and systems in human rights standards. The Internet Rights and Principles Coalition was formed in response to a call for a Charter for Human Rights for the Internet. Over the past few years the IRP has created the Charter for Human Rights and Principles for the Internet – a document applying existing human rights standards to the Internet; and the 10 Internet Rights and Principles – a shorter advocacy document based on the Charter. The IRP had a fantastic meeting in Baku despite difficult circumstances (a Friday 9am slot and a clash with the first Human Rights Roundtable).
A number of IRP members have been nominated to a new committee at the Council of Europe on the Rights of Internet Users (MSI-DUI). The committee has been put together to develop “a compendium of existing human rights for internet users”.
We are co-organising three workshops at this year’s Internet Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan:
Tuesday 6 November, 14:30-16:00, Room 8
Empowering Internet User – which tools?
Wednesday 7 November, 14:30-16:00, Room 2
Is Access to the Internet a Human Right?
Thursday 8 November, 09:00-10:30, Room 6
Threats to multi-stakeholder Internet Governance –is it worth protecting?