Declaration on human rights and rule of law in the Informatiotion Society

["MARCO MARANDOLA" <marandol@hotmail.com>]

The first international framework declaration on human rights and the rule
of law in the Information Society have been adopted by the Council of
Europe's Committee of Ministers.

The Declaration updates the principles of the European Convention on Human
Rights for the cyber-age and covers issues such as censorship, the
protection of private information, education on assessing information
quality, media ethics, using IT for democratic purposes and freedom of
assembly in cyberspace. It also considers means of national and
international cooperation by stakeholders such as Internet Service
Providers, hardware and software makers, governments and society.

The Declaration has been distributed at the Council of Europe's Warsaw
Summit (16th - 17th May) and represents the Council's contribution to the
UN World Summit on the Information Society to be held in Tunis in November
2005.

TEXT OF THE DECLARATION:

www.copyrightandculture.com/main.php?page=documents/europe/declaration_human_rights_information_society

Regards


Marco Marandola
copyright expert
www.copyrightandculture.com
IFLA CLM