http://www.ejiltalk.org/un-human-rights-council-confirms-that-human-rights-apply-to-the-internet/ Blog of the European Journal of International Law Sat, 25 May 2013 01:23:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ejiltalk.org/un-human-rights-council-confirms-that-human-rights-apply-to-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-23910 UN Confirms Human Rights Apply to the Internet - semanticweb.com Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.ejiltalk.org/?p=5207#comment-23910 [...] Matthias C. Kettemann reports that the UN Human Rights Council has confirmed that human rights apply to the internet. Kettemann explains, “Was it a ‘victory for the Internet‘, as Carl Bildt, foreign minister of Sweden, called it in a New York Times op-ed? Or, rather, a victory for all Internet users and those two thirds of the world population that do not yet have access to the Internet? Most likely, it was a bit of both: On 5 July 2012, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted by consensus a key resolution on promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet (UN Doc. A/HRC/20/L.13). Presented by Sweden, the Resolution enjoyed broad international backing from more than 70 HRC member countries and non-members from all regional groups, including China, Brazil, Nigeria, Ukraine, Tunisia, Turkey, the United States and the United Kingdom.” [...]

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