Human Rights and the Digital Divide

Informationen zum Autor Anne Peacock earned her PhD at the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. After teaching and researching in Guadalajara, Mexico, for five years, she was a policy advisor at the U.S. Department of State for 10 years. She currently works at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Zusammenfassung Within the context of existing freedom of expression guarantees, this book critically evaluates the goal of bridging the "digital divide," the gap between those who have access to the Internet and those who do not. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. General Introduction 2. Historical Context of International Debates on a Right to Access to Information Technology and Digital Divide Guarantees 3. Negative Obligations 4. Positive Obligations to Facilitate Access to the Internet 5. Looking Outside Freedom of Expression to Strengthen Digital Inclusion Guarantees 6. Case Study in Digital Inclusion 7. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Anne Peacock, Anne (U.s. Department of State Peacock
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781138486065
• ISBN: 978-1-138-48606-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law; Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / General, LAW / International, Political structure & processes, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Political structure and processes, Internet Guides & Online Services, Internet guides and online services