Human Rights and the Internet

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 th

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Also by Steven Hick LAND OUR LIFE: A Study of the Struggle for Agrarian Reform in the Philippines

Also by Edward F. Halpin THE USE OF THE INTERNET FOR THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S ACTIVITIES FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (with Shelagh

Fisher)

Also by Eric Hoskins THE IMPACT OF SANCTIONS: A Study of UNICEF's Perspective THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON BURUNDI (with Samantha Nutt)

Human Rights and the Internet Edited by

Steven Hick

Assistant Professor School of Soda! Work Carleton University Ottawa ~vvard

F. Halpin

Senior Lecturer School of Infonnation Management Leeds Metropolitan University

Eric Hoskins

Senior Policy Advisor Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada

Foreword by Mary Robinson

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Preface by Abid Hussain

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression

First published in Great Britain 2000 by

MACMILLAN PRESS LTD

Houndrnills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-333-97770-5 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-349-65648-6 DOI 10.1057/9780333977705 First published in the United States of America 2000 by

ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, LLC,

Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.

Selection, editorial matter and Chapter 1 © Steven Hick, Edward F. Halpin and Eric Hoskins 2000 Foreword© Mary Robinson 2000 Preface © Abid Hussain 2000 Chapter 6 © Steven Hick with Ariel Teplitsky 2000 Chapter 20 © Steven Hick with Richard Pierre Claude 2000 Chapter 21 ©Edward F. Halpin and Steven Hick 2000 Chapters 2-5 and 7-19 ©Macmillan Press Ltd 2000 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2000 978-0-333-77733-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written pennission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WlP OLP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and ci vii claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 09

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Dedication S.H. To my partner, Vaida, for her support and encouragement in letting me pursue my dreams, rather than a bigger pay-check. E.F.H.

To my wife, Brenda, my constant support in all that I do and to my parents, Daniel and Margaret Halpin, who encouraged my desire to question and