[EURO-Discuss] WG: [IRPCoalition] Fwd: Net of Rights

Wolf Ludwig wolf.ludwig at comunica-ch.net
Fri Mar 4 16:43:12 UTC 2016


Hello,

this is an interesting reading (and film) on the ongoing discussion to explore "the link between internet protocols and human rights online".

Best,
Wolf


IRPCoalition sent Fri, 4 Mar 2016 15:07:
>Forwarding Press Release
>
>Hi all,
>
>Today, 4 March, ARTICLE 19 and Coding Rights are launching ‘Net of
>Rights’, a short film which explores the link between internet protocols
>and human rights online. The film will screen at 6pm at the Internet
>Freedom Festival.
>
>Please find the film Net of Rights here:
>https://hrpc.io/wp-content/uploads/videos/netofrights.io.mp4
>
>and the teaser here:
>https://hrpc.io/wp-content/uploads/videos/netofrights.io_teaser.mp4
>
>If the teaser doesn't show in your browser, you can also use this link:
>https://vimeo.com/157722482
>
>Here is the press release (also below):
>http://is.gd/kqYjc3
>
>and please get involved in the work at: https://hrpc.io/
>
>It is too-often assumed that there is no link between protocols (the
>standards which underpin the way the internet functions) and human
>rights, but this is simply not the case, as the film argues.
>
>The Internet aspires to be the global ‘network of networks’, providing
>connectivity for all users, at all times, for any content. Connectivity
>increases the capacity for individuals to exercise their rights, meaning
>that the architectural design of the internet is, necessarily,
>intertwined with the human rights framework.
>
>Promoting open, secure and reliable connectivity is essential for the
>rights to privacy, expression and assembly. But how are these concepts
>addressed at the protocol level? Without proper definition, the human
>rights-enabling characteristics of the internet are at risk.
>
>The role of human rights in Internet policy is slowly becoming part of
>the general discourse. Former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on
>the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and
>expression, Frank La Rue, explicitly spoke of the replationship, leading
>to the approval of the landmark resolution "on the promotion, protection
>and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet" at the UN Human Rights
>Council, and the resolution "The right to privacy in the digital age" at
>the UN General Assembly.
>
>Mapping the relationship between human rights and internet protocols and
>architectures is a new research challenge, which requires the
>development of a consistent methodology, bringing human rights experts
>together with the community of researchers and developers of Internet
>standards and technologies. The Human Rights Protocol Research Group is
>a group chartered to research how standards and protocols (the rules by
>which the internet functions) can enable, strengthen, or threaten human
>rights.
>
>The rights-enabling characteristics of the Internet will be increasingly
>endangered if they are not properly defined, described and protected as
>such. And, indeed, the other way around: by not protecting these
>characteristics, we risk loss of functionality and connectivity in the
>architecture of the internet itself.
>
>To protect human rights online, it will be necessary to explore and map
>the link between rights and protocol, ensuring the survival of a
>decentralized and collaborative internet, in which freedom of expression
>through unimpeded connectivity remains a central principle, and a
>guiding force.
>
>Conceived in partnership between ARTICLE 19 and Coding Rights, this film
>aims to highlight the importance of addressing this issue within the
>technical community and human rights advocates, but also to feed into
>the work of the Human Rights Protocol Considerations research group
>(HRPC) in the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). This group is
>currently mapping the relation between human rights and Internet
>protocols, in order to strengthen the Internet as a human rights
>enabling environment, in which freedom of expression through unimpeded
>connectivity remains a central principle and guiding force.
>
>All the best,
>
>Niels
>
>-- 
>Niels ten Oever
>Head of Digital
>
>Article 19
>www.article19.org
>
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>
>
>
>

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