Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Cross-Cutting Observations
- Part II Public Good Rights
- Part III Status Rights
- Part IV New Technology Rights
- The Right to Internet Access
- 20 The Right to Internet Access
- 21 The Case for the Right to Meaningful Access to the Internet as a Human Right in International Law
- The Right to Be Forgotten
- Reproductive Rights
- Genetic Rights
- Part V Autonomy and Integrity Rights
- Part VI Governance Rights
- Index
21 - The Case for the Right to Meaningful Access to the Internet as a Human Right in International Law
from The Right to Internet Access
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Cross-Cutting Observations
- Part II Public Good Rights
- Part III Status Rights
- Part IV New Technology Rights
- The Right to Internet Access
- 20 The Right to Internet Access
- 21 The Case for the Right to Meaningful Access to the Internet as a Human Right in International Law
- The Right to Be Forgotten
- Reproductive Rights
- Genetic Rights
- Part V Autonomy and Integrity Rights
- Part VI Governance Rights
- Index
Summary
The Internet and human rights have become an inseparable pair in recent scholarly and legal policy literature. This literature has predominantly focused on the importance of the Internet for realising the right to freedom of expression, including the right to receive and impart information, and the risks that internet communication entails for the effective protection and enjoyment of other human rights, such as the right to privacy, children’s rights and non-discrimination, be they in the fields of hate speech, child pornography or trafficking. The state regulation of internet access, either through policies of restricted access or censorship, or, indeed, through non-regulation by leaving this to internet service providers or tech companies, has also receive sustained attention in legislative responses, judicial decisions across jurisdictions and supranationally.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of New Human RightsRecognition, Novelty, Rhetoric, pp. 276 - 284Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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