Human Rights Panel at Tunis Summit, tuesday 9-11 in Matmata

["Rikke Frank Joergensen" <rfj@humanrights.dk>]

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A parallel event to be held during the World Summit on the Information Society at Tunis
Presented by the Danish Institute for Human Rights (www.humanrights.dk <http://www.humanrights.dk/> ) 
 

Book Announcement and Panel on 

Human Rights in the Global Information Society

Tuesday November 15 2005, 9:00-11:00, Room: Matmata, the Kram Exhibition Centre

Please join us for a panel on the upcoming book "Human Rights in the Global Information Society", with contributions from a number of WSIS civil society actors. 

The book, which includes a Preface by Adama Samassekou , is being published by MIT Press in 2006, in the series of "The Information Revolution and Global Politics". 

For information on the book see: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10872

The introduction by William Drake and Rikke Frank Jørgensen will be freely available at the MIT web address above.

The book will be presented by a panel discussion.   

Welcome: Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Danish Human Rights Institute, editor of "Human Rights in the Global Information Society"

Opening remarks: Adama Samassekou, President of WSIS first phase, Mali 

Moderator: William Drake, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, and co-editor of the MIT Press book series "The Information Revolution and Global Politics". 

Panelists: 5-10 min. tour de table with main point / policy recommendations from each author, followed by debate

Right to freedom of expression: Rikke Frank Joergensen, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark, 

 

Right to privacy: Gus Hosein, Privacy International, UK 

 

Right of Assembly & Freedom of Association, Charley Lewis, LINK Centre, South Africa

 

Right to take part in the conduct of public affairs: Hans Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology, US

 

"Guarantee-rights": Meryem Marzouki, LIP6/PolyTIC Lab, CNRS, France

 

Women's Human Rights: Heike Jensen, Humboldt University, Germany

 

Right to development:  Anriette Esterhuysen, APC, South Africa 

 

 

 

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Contents of "Human Rights in the Global Information Society"

Foreword        by Adama Samassékou 

Introduction    William Drake and Rikke Frank Jørgensen 

 

Section 1: Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Privacy Protection

Chapter 1.       The Right to Express Oneself and to Seek Information by Rikke Frank Jørgensen

Chapter 2.       The Right to Information in the Age of Information by David Banisar

Chapter 3.       Access to Information and Knowledge by Kay Raseroka

Chapter 4.       Intellectual Property Rights and the Information Commons by Robin Gross

Chapter 5.       Privacy as Freedom by Gus Hosein

 

Section 2: Freedom of Association, Participation, and Procedural Protections

Chapter 6.       The Right of Assembly & Freedom of Association in the Information Age by Charley Lewis

Chapter 7.       The Right to Political Participation and the Information Society by Hans Klein

Chapter 8.       The 'Guarantee-Rights' for Realizing the Rule of Law by Meryem Marzouki

Section 3: Equal Treatment and development

Chapter 9.       A Nondiscriminatory Information Society by Mandana Zarrehparvar

Chapter 10.     Women's Human Rights in the Information Society by Heike Jensen

Chapter 11.     Ensuring Minority Rights in a Pluralistic and 'Liquid' Information Society by Birgitte Kofod Olsen

Chapter 12.     The Right to Development in the Information Society by Ran Greenstein and Anriette Esterhuysen