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

[karen banks <karenb@gn.apc.org>]

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.