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Human Rights, Digital Society and the Law - A Research Companion

English · Hardback

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List of contents

1. Introduction

    Human rights in the digital domain – the idea of non-coherence theory, Mart Susi
    2. Right to the internet and rights inside the internet – theoretical dimension
    The sameness of human rights online and offline, Miloon Kothari
    Right of access to the internet – global approaches, Carolina Aguerre
    The right to privacy: the end of Privacy Fatalism, Jonathon Penney
    Freedom of expression online, Matthias C. Kettemann and Wolfgang Benedek
    The digital disruption of human rights foundations – Hin-Yan Liu
    3. Legislation, judicial and stakeholder practices – practical dimension
    The main challenges related to protecting human rights in the internet - Changrok Soh, Daniel Connolly and Seunghyun Nam
    Liability regimes for online human rights violations, Sten Schaumburg-Müller
    Multistakeholderism – meaning and implications, Joanna Kulesza
    Judicial balancing of human rights online, Oreste Pollicino and Oleg Soldatov
    The role and practices of online stakeholders, Thomas Wischmeyer
    The jurisprudence of the ECJ and ECtHR regarding data protection in the internet, Carsten M. Wulff
    The Internet Balancing Formula, Mart Susi
    4. Specific issues related to human rights and the internet
    Human rights and the right to be forgotten, Ugo Pagallo and Massimo Durante
    Finding a judicial definition of journalism: a challenging exercise in the digital age, Ellen Hovlid
    Combating hate speech online – Jukka Viljanen
    European copyright and human rights in the digital sphere, Christina Angelopoulos
    Digital security and human rights: a plea for counter-infringement measures, Mireille Hildebrandt
    5. Data protection issues
    The challenge of personal data protection in the digital era and global responses, Alexandros Varveris and Fereniki Panagopoulou
    Data protection in the private sector: convergence or localization of rights and expectations? W. Scott Blackmer
    The protection of personal data in a digital society: the role of the GDPR, Tiina Pajuste
    6. Global perspective
    Africa, the internet and human rights, CH Powell and Tobias Schonwetter
    The approach of North American courts towards the internet, David P. Stewart
    Asian human rights law, jurisprudence, and practices towards the internet, Satoshi Yokodaido
    Latin American human rights law jurisprudence and practices towards the internet, Oscar Raúl Puccinelli
    The Russian perspective on human rights protection online, Dmitry Dedov

About the author

Mart Susi is Professor of Human Rights Law at Tallinn University, Estonia.

Summary

This book explores the main fundamental issues and practical dimensions related to the safeguarding of human rights in the Internet.

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