[huridocs-tech] Publications on ICT and human rights

Several interesting publications on ICT, human rights and democracy were
published at the occasion of the World Summit on the Information Society,
which took place last week in Geneva. Below are references to three of
them.

Best regards,

Bert Verstappen
HURIDOCS

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ICT policy : a beginner's handbook / Association for Progressive
Communications (APC). - Johannesburg : Association for Progressive
Communications, 20030000. - 140 p.. - ISBN: 1-919855-10-6

INDEX: /communication//information//politics/
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: /Universal/
FREE TEXT: This book aims to guide non-specialists through some of the
policy issues related to information and communication technologies. It
enables its readers to engage effectively in the decision-making process.
It contains four parts: an introduction on ICT policy; the internet,
markets and access; national ICT and internet policy and regulation;
specific issues in internet policy and regulation (gender, intellectual
property, freedom of expression and censorship, privacy and security,
cybercrime and anti-terrorism legislation, surveillance, visions on the
right to communicate)and appendices (list of organisations, glossary,
bibliography).

AVAILABLE FROM: Association for Progressive Communications
PO Box 29755, Melville 2109, Johannesburg, South Africa
eml: info@apc.org, url: http://www.apc.org

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Communicating in the information society / Girard, Bruce (ed.); O Siochru,
Sean (ed.); Sabanes Plou, Dafne [et al.]. - Geneva : United Nations
Research Institute for Social Development - UNRISD, 20031210. - 223 p.. -
ISBN: 92-9085-045-0

INDEX: Communication//Information//Media//NGOs//Right to information
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: /Universal/
FREE TEXT: This volume brings together various perspectives on the
information society. It questions which information society we are
building, and who will benefit most from it. The contributions range from
practical, down-to-earth advice on concrete implementation of an
information society, through strategies to enrich the potential of the
World Summit on the Information Society, to philosophical insights into the
central concepts. They all support the idea that the process of
communicating must be at the centre of such a society.

AVAILABLE FROM: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development -
UNRISD
Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
tel: 41.22.917 3020 fax: 41.22.917 0650, eml: info@unrisd.org, url:
http://www.unrisd.org

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Many voices, one vision : the right to communicate in practice / Lee,
Philip (ed.); Aikio-Puoskari, Ulla ; Hamelink, Cees [et al.]; World
Association for Christian Communication. - Penang : Southbound, 20031200. -
166 p.. - ISBN: 983-9054-40-6

INDEX: /communication//information//NGOs/media
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: /Universal/
FREE TEXT: This books contains various articles on different aspects of the
right to communicate. Some are more philosophical and deal with the concept
of the right to communicate. Others focus on particular aspects, such as
language rights for the Deaf Sign language and the Saami languages in
Europe, gender-based censorship in India, opportunities and challenges for
women in Malaysia and the use of radio in Latin America.

AVAILABLE FROM: Southbound
Suite 20F, Northam House, 55 Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, 10050 Penang, Malaysia
fax: 604-228 1758 eml: books@southbound.com.my, url:
http://www.southbound.com.my



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