Overview
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Steven Hick
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School of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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Edward F. Halpin
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School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
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Eric Hoskins
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Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Uses and Abuses of the Internet
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Current Issues and Future Trends
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Front Matter
Pages 185-185
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- Marshall Conley, Christina Patterson
Pages 211-224
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- Richard Pierre Claude, Steven Hick
Pages 225-237
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- Edward F. Halpin, Steven Hick
Pages 238-250
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Back Matter
Pages 251-257
About this book
The Internet is having an increasing influence on our lives, but what implications does it hold for human rights? How can it be used to promote and protect them? This book, written by an accomplished group of activists, writers and academics, describes the development and use of the Internet for human rights, examines its impact across the world and upon various sectors of society, and discusses current and future trends in human rights promotion and protection.
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Steven Hick
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School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Edward F. Halpin
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Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
Eric Hoskins
About the editors
LLOYD AXWORTHY Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
RICHARD PIERRE CLAUDE Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics, University of Maryland and Visiting Professor, Princeton University
MARSHALL CONLEY Professor of Political Science, Acadia University
GLYN FORD Member of the European Parliament
JACQUES GAUTHIER International Adviser and Counsellor
EDWARD F. HALPIN Senior Lecturer, School of Information Management, University of Leeds
MARK ERIK HECHT Deputy Director of Human Rights Internet, Ottawa
STEVEN HICK Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa
ERIC HOSKINS Senior Adviser to Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister
MICHAEL KATZ-LACABE Chair of Derechos Human Rights, non-governmental organization
DJURDJA KNEZEVIC Historian
MARGARITA LACABE Executive Director of Derechos Human Rights, non-governmental organization
GRAHAM LANE Director of Information Technology, International Secretariat of Amnesty International, London
KAREN MOCK National Director of Information, League for Human Rights, B'nai Brith, Canada
RODNEY NEUFELT Research Associate, Human Rights Internet (HRI)
ALEJANDRO PACHECO International Consultant, Amnesty International, Latin America
CHRISTINA PATTERSON Junior Professional, UNESCO
LORNA ROTH Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University, Montreal
SHARON SCHARFE Director of the International Secretariat, Parliamentarians for East Timor
BEN SCHONVELD World Organization Against Torture, Brussels
WAYNE SHARPE Communications Consultant, Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society, Vancouver
ERIC SOTTAS Director of the World Organization Against Torture, Geneva
VALERIE STEEVES Director, Technology and Human Rights Project, University of Ottawa
ARIEL TEPLITSKY Human Rights Activist and Journalist
PATTI WHALEY Deputy General Secretary, International Secretariat of Amnesty International
STEVE WRIGHT Director, Omega Foundation