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Human Rights and the Internet

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Steven Hick

    1. School of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

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  2. Edward F. Halpin

    1. School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

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  3. Eric Hoskins

    1. Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Perspectives of Human Rights on the Internet

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Edward F. Halpin, Steven Hick, Eric Hoskins
      Pages 3-15

    3. The Mouse is Mightier than the Sword

      • Lloyd Axworthy
      Pages 16-20

    4. The European Parliament and Human Rights on the Internet

      • Glyn Ford
      Pages 21-29

    5. Human Rights NGOs: Our Love—Hate Relationship with the Internet

      • Patti Whaley
      Pages 30-40

  3. Online Human Rights Activism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Rebel Internet: Human Rights and the New Technology

      • Wayne Sharpe
      Pages 43-51

    3. Internet Solidarity: Grassroots Movement Struggles for Human Rights

      • Steven Hick, Ariel Teplitsky
      Pages 52-64

    4. Doing Human Rights Online: the Derechos’ Cyberbirth

      • Michael Katz-Lacabe, Margarita Lacabe
      Pages 65-75

    5. Information Overload: How Increased Information Flows Affect the Work of the Human Rights Movement

      • Eric Sottas, Ben Schonveld
      Pages 76-87

  4. Human Rights around the World on the Internet

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. The Internet in Africa: a Turning Point in the Struggle for Human Rights?

      • Jacques Gauthier
      Pages 91-103

    3. Human Rights and the Internet in South America

      • Alejandro Pacheco
      Pages 104-115

    4. Human Rights and the Internet in Europe

      • Graham Lane
      Pages 116-128

    5. Human Rights and the Internet in Asia: Promoting the Case of East Timor

      • Sharon Scharfe
      Pages 129-137

  5. Uses and Abuses of the Internet

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Hate on the Internet

      • Karen Mock
      Pages 141-152

    3. The Internet and International Children’s Rights

      • Mark Erik Hecht, Rodney Neufeld
      Pages 153-165

    4. Women’s Voices against the War: the Internet in the Fight for Human Rights during the War in the Former Yugoslavia

      • Djurdja Knezevic
      Pages 166-173
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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

  • School of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

    Steven Hick

  • School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

    Edward F. Halpin

  • 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

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