[IGFmaglist] New HRC resolution on internet & human rights

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Dear all

Happy to share news about this Human Rights Council resolution on the 
internet and human rights which references the NETmundial.

https://www.apc.org/en/system/files/L.24 Oral Revisions.pdf

Below is an extract from a briefing on the resolution compiled by APC's 
Deborah Brown.

Anriette


The resolution was adopted by consensus and co-sponsored by 82 States. 
Building on the 2012 HRC resolution (20/8) which had a focus on freedom 
of expression, this resolution addresses a broader range or rights, such 
as the right to education, privacy, and to freedom of peaceful assembly 
and association, as well as key internet issues like access to 
information, digital literacy, interoperability, and innovation, and the 
global and open nature of the internet. It calls on States to facilitate 
access to the internet, and address security concerns based on the rule 
of law. The resolution also includes a reference to NetMundial, and 
calls on States to “consider formulating national internet-related 
policies through transparent and inclusive processes, with all 
stakeholders and adopting national internet-related public policies that 
have the objective of universal access and enjoyment of human rights at 
their core”.

For those interested, APC has done a brief analysis of the resolution: 
https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/apc-welcomes-human-rights-council-resolution-human 




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