huridocs-tech New Book on Human Rights and the Internet

New Book - 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 study, written by 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 trends in human rights promotion
and protection.

Contents
Foreword; M.Robinson

Preface; A.Hussein

Notes on the Contributors

Introduction; E.Halpin, S.Hick & E.Hoskins

The Mouse is Mightier than the Sword; L.Axworthy

The European Parliament and Human Rights on the Internet; G.Ford

Human Rights NGOs: Our Love Hate Relationship with the Internet;
P.Whaley

Rebel InternetHuman Rights and the New Technology; W.Sharpe

Internet Solidarity: Grassroots Movement Struggles for Human Rights;
A.Teplinsky & S.Hick

Doing Human Rights Online: The Derechos' Cyberbirth; M.Katz &
M.Lacabe

Information Overload: How Increased Information Flows Affect the Work of
the Human Rights Movement; E.Sottas & B.Schonveld

The Internet in Africa: A Turning Point in the Struggle for Human Rights;
J.Gauthier

Human Rights and the Internet in South America; A.Pacheco

Human Rights and the Internet in Europe; G.Lane

Human Rights on the Internet in Asia: Promoting the Case of East Timor on
the Internet; S.Scharfe

Hate on the Internet; K.Mock

The Internet and International Children's Rights; M.Hecht & R.Neufeld

Women's Voices Against the War: The Internet in the Fight for Human
Rights During the War in the Former Yugoslavia; D.Knezevic

Reflections on the Colour of the Internet; L.Roth

Privacy, Free Speech and Community: Applying Human Rights Law to
Cyberspace; V.Steeves

Political Control and the Internet; S.Wright

Communication, Human Rights and Cyberspace; M.Conley & C.Patterson

Human Rights Education and the Internet: Its Day Has Come; R.P. Claude
& S.Hick

Information: An Essential Tool for Human Rights Work; E.Halpin & S.Hick

Index

Author Biographies
STEVEN HICK has been Professor in the School of Social Work at
Carleton University, Ottawa, since 1990. During the same period he was
President of a new media software production firm specializing in
Internet-mediated education. His published works include Land Our Life:A
Study of the Struggle for Agrarian Reform in the Philippines, and numerous
journal articles concerning social work and the Internet, participatory
research and human rights issues.

EDWARD F. HALPIN is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Information
Management at the Leeds Metropolitan University. His published works
include The Use of the Internet for the European Parliament's Activities
for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (1998) and a journal article,
'Through the Net to Freedom: Information, the Internet and Human Rights'
(1999).

ERIC HOSKINS is a Senior Policy Advisor to Canadian Foreign Minister
Lloyd Axworthy. In 1992 he was awarded the Lester B. Pearson Medal,
Canada's most prestigious humanitarian award and in 1999 he was
awarded the Governor General's Meritorious Service Cross. His paper, The
Impact of Sanctions: A Study of UNICEF's Perspective, was published in
1998.


Hardback
August 2000
280 pages
   216mm x 138mm
ISBN0333777336
30.00.

Those interested in obtaining a copy of the book can contact Eddie Halpin
at <E.Halpin@lmu.ac.uk>.




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