Human Rights and the Internet

The Internet is having an increasing influence on our lives, but what implications does it hold for human rights? How can it be used to promote and protect them? This book, written by an accomplished group of activists, writers and academics, describes the development and use of the Internet for human rights, examines its impact across the world and upon various sectors of society, and discusses current and future trends in human rights promotion and protection.

LLOYD AXWORTHY Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada RICHARD PIERRE CLAUDE Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics, University of Maryland and Visiting Professor, Princeton University MARSHALL CONLEY Professor of Political Science, Acadia University GLYN FORD Member of the European Parliament JACQUES GAUTHIER International Adviser and Counsellor EDWARD F. HALPIN Senior Lecturer, School of Information Management, University of Leeds MARK ERIK HECHT Deputy Director of Human Rights Internet, Ottawa STEVEN HICK Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa ERIC HOSKINS Senior Adviser to Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister MICHAEL KATZ-LACABE Chair of Derechos Human Rights, non-governmental organization DJURDJA KNEZEVIC Historian MARGARITA LACABE Executive Director of Derechos Human Rights, non-governmental organization GRAHAM LANE Director of Information Technology, International Secretariat of Amnesty International, London KAREN MOCK National Director of Information, League for Human Rights, B'nai Brith, Canada RODNEY NEUFELT Research Associate, Human Rights Internet (HRI) ALEJANDRO PACHECO International Consultant, Amnesty International, Latin America CHRISTINA PATTERSON Junior Professional, UNESCO LORNA ROTH Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University, Montreal SHARON SCHARFE Director of the International Secretariat, Parliamentarians for East Timor BEN SCHONVELD World Organization Against Torture, Brussels WAYNE SHARPE Communications Consultant, Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society, Vancouver ERIC SOTTAS Director of the World Organization Against Torture, Geneva VALERIE STEEVES Director, Technology and Human Rights Project, University of Ottawa ARIEL TEPLITSKY Human Rights Activist and Journalist PATTI WHALEY Deputy General Secretary, International Secretariat of Amnesty International STEVE WRIGHT Director, Omega Foundation