Jusletter IT

Human Rights in the Information Society

  • Author: Giovanni Sartor
  • Field of law: Legal Theory
  • Collection: Festschrift Erich Schweighofer
  • Citation: Giovanni Sartor, Human Rights in the Information Society, in: Jusletter IT 22 February 2011
In this paper I shall discuss the relevance of human rights in the information society. First I shall shortly introduce the opportunities and dangers pertaining to the information society, referring to some famous literary work (in particular, in science fiction). I shall argue that human rights may provide some guidance for addressing such opportunities and dangers. I shall then consider how different human rights are involved in the social deployment of information technologies, and the connections between such rights. Finally, I shall provide some considerations on what approach to humans right may be more useful for promoting human values in the information society.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. ICTs: Opportunities for Human Development
  • 3. ICTs: Risks
  • 4. What role for politics, law and human rights?
  • 5. Specific human rights involved
  • 6. ICTs and the concepts of a human right
  • 7. References

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