>From: "Frank Joergensen, Rikke"
>Subject: [hr-wsis] proposal for action points
>Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 11:18:37 +0100
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>Hi all,
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>I propose we suggest the following actions to the drafting group (taken
>from the "Statement on Human Rights and Human Dignity in the Information
>Society", from the HR experts meeting on 3-4 November 2003 in Geneva,
>minor change marked in red).
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>I am not sure to what extent the CS paper will suggest actions, but I
>think these two are crucial and that we should give them full support.
>Any comments on this ?
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>Best
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>Rikke
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>Proposal for actions for Civil Society Declaration
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>Human Rights Caucus
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>November 27th, 2003
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>In preparation for the WSIS in Tunis in 2005, an Independent Commission
>on the Information Society and Human Rights, composed of highly
>qualified experts with a broad geographical representation, should be
>established to monitor practices and policies and submit recommendations
>to the Summit. Its mandate should include a review of national and
>international ICT regulations and practices and their conformity with
>international human rights standards, the governance of current
>decision-making bodies in the ICT field, and the potential applications
>of ICTs to the realization of the right to development and the essential
>human rights for sustainable human development, including the right to
>health, the right to adequate food and the right to education.
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>Furthermore, the importance of the issues of human rights of WSIS
>justifies the establishment, within the procedures of the Commission on
>Human Rights or its Sub-Commission, of a position of Special Rapporteur
>on Human Rights and the Information Society, with a mandate to monitor
>developments in this area, including threats to privacy, freedom of
>expression, freedom from surveillance, and applications of ICT to the
>realization of economic, social and cultural rights and to human rights
>education and recommend measures conducive to advancing human rights in
>the information society.
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