Re: [hr-wsis] Re: More inputs to HR caucus document

[Bill McIver <mciver@albany.edu>]

Karen,

This is fine with me.

I think we should all (caucuses) submit something.

If you are on the ct@wsis-cs.org list then you have just
seen Adam Peake's comments from GLOCOM.

It is a very straight forward presentation.

We don't need to compete with Sarte. 8-) (please smile)


Best,

WJM

karen banks wrote:

> dear all
>
> I would like to support bill's comments re para 10 on article19.. and 
> in fact, APC would like to endorse this in it's own statement - 
> however, at the moment, we refer to the Human rights caucus, but, if 
> the caucus is not submitting comments, this may be inappropriate..
>
> bill - are you ok with us endorsing this comment somehow?
>
> karen
>
>
> We want to particularly endorse the reference to the UN Universal 
> Declaration of Human Rights in Paragraph 10 but feel, like the Human 
> Rights Caucus, that it is not sufficient to assert that "the essential 
> requirements for the development of an equitable Information Society" 
> should be "in accordance" with Article 19 of the UN Universal 
> Declaration of Human Rights. Instead, the document should declare once 
> and for all that Article 19 must be enforced. In addition, as many 
> have pointed out, the principles of free flow of information, 
> communication, press freedoms, and knowledge sharing will become truly 
> meaningful only when they are viewed as being supported by a complex 
> of rights, not just Article 19. To this end, the document should 
> declare that the following rights be enforced in concert in order that 
> Paragraph 10 be made more meaningful:
>
> Article 12 -- Privacy;
>
> Article 18 -- Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion;
>
> Article 19 -- Freedom of expression and the right to seek, receive, 
> and impart information through any media;
>
> Article 20 -- Freedom of peaceful assembly;
>
> Article 26 -- The right to education; and,
>
> Article 27 -- The right to participate in the cultural life of the  
> community as well as intellectual property rights.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Putting the "Human Rights in the Information Society" issue on the 
> WSIS Agenda
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Bill McIver
Assistant Professor
School of Information Science and Policy
University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York 12222
USA

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