Human Rights Responsibilities in the Digital Age
States, Companies and Individuals
Published on 23. September 2021
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-5099-3883-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the tangled responsibilities of states, companies, and individuals surrounding human rights in the digital age. Digital technologies have a huge impact - for better and worse - on human lives; while they can clearly enhance some human rights, they also facilitate a wide range of violations.
States are expected to implement efficient measures against powerful private companies, but, at the same time, they are drawn to technologies that extend their own control over citizens. Tech companies are increasingly asked to prevent violations committed online by their users, yet many of their business models depend on the accumulation and exploitation of users' personal data. While civil society has a crucial part to play in upholding human rights, it is also the case that individuals harm other individuals online. All three stakeholders need to ensure that technology does not provoke the disintegration of human rights.
Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, including law, international relations, and journalism, this book provides a detailed analysis of the impact of digital technologies on human rights, which will be of interest to academics, research students and professionals concerned by this issue.
States are expected to implement efficient measures against powerful private companies, but, at the same time, they are drawn to technologies that extend their own control over citizens. Tech companies are increasingly asked to prevent violations committed online by their users, yet many of their business models depend on the accumulation and exploitation of users' personal data. While civil society has a crucial part to play in upholding human rights, it is also the case that individuals harm other individuals online. All three stakeholders need to ensure that technology does not provoke the disintegration of human rights.
Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, including law, international relations, and journalism, this book provides a detailed analysis of the impact of digital technologies on human rights, which will be of interest to academics, research students and professionals concerned by this issue.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-3883-4 (9781509938834)
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Jonathan Andrew | Frederic Bernard
Human Rights Responsibilities in the Digital Age
States, Companies and Individuals
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08/2021
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Persons
Jonathan Andrew is Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland.
Frederic Bernard is Professor of Public Law at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Frederic Bernard is Professor of Public Law at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Content
1. Introduction
Jonathan Andrew (Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland)
2. Cybersecurity and Human Rights: Understanding the Connection
Vivek Krishnamurthy (University of Ottawa, Canada), Devony Schmidt (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, USA) and Amy Lehr (Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA)
3. Perils of Data-Intensive Systems in the Philippines and Asia
Jamael Jacob (Data Protection Office of the Ateneo de Manila University and Foundation for Media Alternatives, Philippines)
4. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association in an Age of Online Networks and Mobile Sensing
Jonathan Andrew (Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland)
5. Algorithms of Occupation: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Israel and Palestine
Marwa Fatafta (Access Now, Germany)
6. The Facebook Oversight Board and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A Missed Opportunity for Alignment?
Stefania Di Stefano (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland)
7. Privacy in the Workplace: A Human Rights Due Diligence Approach
Isabel Ebert (University of St Gallen, Switzerland) and Isabelle Wildhaber (University of St Gallen, Switzerland)
8. Freedom to Think and to Hold a Political Opinion: Digital Threats to Political Participation in Liberal Democracies
Jerome Duberry (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
9. Is There a Human Rights Obligation to Protect Democratic Discourse in Cyberspace?
Nula Frei (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
10. The European Approach to Governing Harmful Speech Online
Frederic Bernard (University of Geneva, Switzerland) and Viera Pejchal (United Nations, Switzerland)
11. Hate Speech and Journalism: Challenges and Strategies
Guido Keel (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
12. Digital Technologies for Sustainable Development
Claudia Abreu Lopes (United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia) and Marcus Erridge (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
13. Digital Technologies and the Rights of the Child in Europe
Rezvan Kaseb (University of Zurich, Switzerland) and Elizabeth Milovidov (Digital Parenting, Children's Rights and Internet Safety Consultant, France)
14. Conclusion
Frederic Bernard (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Jonathan Andrew (Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland)
2. Cybersecurity and Human Rights: Understanding the Connection
Vivek Krishnamurthy (University of Ottawa, Canada), Devony Schmidt (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, USA) and Amy Lehr (Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA)
3. Perils of Data-Intensive Systems in the Philippines and Asia
Jamael Jacob (Data Protection Office of the Ateneo de Manila University and Foundation for Media Alternatives, Philippines)
4. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association in an Age of Online Networks and Mobile Sensing
Jonathan Andrew (Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland)
5. Algorithms of Occupation: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Israel and Palestine
Marwa Fatafta (Access Now, Germany)
6. The Facebook Oversight Board and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A Missed Opportunity for Alignment?
Stefania Di Stefano (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland)
7. Privacy in the Workplace: A Human Rights Due Diligence Approach
Isabel Ebert (University of St Gallen, Switzerland) and Isabelle Wildhaber (University of St Gallen, Switzerland)
8. Freedom to Think and to Hold a Political Opinion: Digital Threats to Political Participation in Liberal Democracies
Jerome Duberry (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
9. Is There a Human Rights Obligation to Protect Democratic Discourse in Cyberspace?
Nula Frei (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
10. The European Approach to Governing Harmful Speech Online
Frederic Bernard (University of Geneva, Switzerland) and Viera Pejchal (United Nations, Switzerland)
11. Hate Speech and Journalism: Challenges and Strategies
Guido Keel (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
12. Digital Technologies for Sustainable Development
Claudia Abreu Lopes (United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia) and Marcus Erridge (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
13. Digital Technologies and the Rights of the Child in Europe
Rezvan Kaseb (University of Zurich, Switzerland) and Elizabeth Milovidov (Digital Parenting, Children's Rights and Internet Safety Consultant, France)
14. Conclusion
Frederic Bernard (University of Geneva, Switzerland)