[Ecommerce] Human Rights Panel at Tunis Summit, Tuesday No. 15 9-11 in Matmata

[Manon Ress]

From: "Rikke Frank Joergensen" <rfj@humanrights.dk>
Date: November 14, 2005 8:57:31 AM EST
To: <hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org>
Subject: [hr-wsis] Human Rights Panel at Tunis Summit, tuesday 9-11
in Matmata

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=3D2&tid=3D10872

The introduction by William Drake and Rikke Frank J=F8rgensen will be
freely available at the MIT web address above.

The book will be presented by a panel discussion.

Welcome: Rikke Frank J=F8rgensen, 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 Samass=E9kou

Introduction    William Drake and Rikke Frank J=F8rgensen



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 J=F8rgensen

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




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