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

[Annette Muehlberg]

Thank you Wolf.
This is really interesting material for all ALSes and could be useful
for the preparation of internet governance conferences.
Best,
Annette

Am 04.03.2016 um 17:43 schrieb Wolf Ludwig:
> 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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