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Committee of Ministers adopts first ever international declaration to boost human rights and the rule of law in the Information Society20 May 2005
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers today adopted a declaration that will set standards for human rights and the rule of law in the information society of mobile phones, the internet and computer communication. |
The declaration is the first international attempt to draw up a framework on the issue and breaks ground by up-dating the principles of the European Convention on Human Rights for the cyber-age. It also looks at how all the stakeholders – such as internet service providers, hardware and software manufacturers, governments and civil society – can co-operate both nationally and internationally on the issue.
The declaration covers issues such as state and private censorship, protection of private information such as content and traffic data, education to help people assess quality information, media ethics, the use of information technology for democracy and freedom of assembly in cyberspace.
The declaration will be distributed at the Council of Europe’s Warsaw Summit (16 and 17 May) and will represent the Council’s contribution to the Tunis Phase of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (16-18 November 2005).
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Council of Europe press release |
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Friday, 20 May 2005 |
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Tuesday, 25 Oct 2005 |
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