[atlarge-discuss] The Human Right to Communicate [CPSR]

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From: Art McGee <amcgee@freeshell.org>
To: Crisinfo@comunica.org
Subject: Re: [CRIS Info] GCN Communication Rights session preparation

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The Human Right to Communicate

CPSR Newsletter

Summer 2000 (Volume 18, Number 3)

Motivating a Human Rights Perspective on Access to Cyberspace:
The Human Right to Communicate

By William J. McIver, Jr. <mciver@albany.edu>

The U.S.-centric Discourse on Universal Access Has Been Limiting

Human rights, in the words of Cees J. Hamelink, Professor of
International Communication at the University of Amsterdam,
provide a "universally available set of standards for the
dignity and integrity of all human beings." These standards
offer a common framework, much like software standards, in
which human rights can be established, protected, and
enforced more efficiently. The idea that everyone has a
right to access cyberspace has been a common mantra of the
cyber rights community for many years. CPSR's One Planet,
One Net is one such noble effort in this area. Many such
efforts fail, however, to make use of relevant human rights
frameworks. Communication as a human right, distinct from
freedom of expression, has been developing in international
policy and legal contexts for the last 150 years and is the
right most applicable to universal access. Communication in
this context is defined as a democratic and balanced
dialogue between two or more parties.

Full Article:

http://cpsr.org/publications/newsletters/issues/2000/Summer2000/mciver.html

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Art McGee
Communications & Technology Consultant
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