"Internet Access as a New Human Right? State of the Art on the Threshold of 2020"

The aim of this study is to analyze the role that the Internet plays in the enjoyment of human rights and answer the question of whether we may be in the process of recog-nizing a new right, namely the right to Internet access. The conclusions are built upon a quantitative and qualitative analysis...

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Main Author: Łukasz Szoszkiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Law and Administration of the Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań 2018-12-01
Series:Przegląd Prawniczy Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
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Online Access:https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ppuam/article/view/21599
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description The aim of this study is to analyze the role that the Internet plays in the enjoyment of human rights and answer the question of whether we may be in the process of recog-nizing a new right, namely the right to Internet access. The conclusions are built upon a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Internet-related recommendations adopted by the UN treaty-based bodies in the period between 2007 and 2017. Moreover, the paper is supplemented by a brief overview of the relevant recommendations formulated under the mechanism of the Universal Periodic Review. Analysis of the content of rec-ommendations allowed them to be classified into two groups – the first one integrates recommendations that refer to the duty of non-interference, and the second concerns the duty to expand Internet infrastructure across the country. The article ends with a call for further investigation of the normative potential of Article 15(1)b of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as this hitherto forgotten provision might shed a new light on the proposed right to Internet access.
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spelling doaj.art-e557d27ba8fe4596ba2cd579382ca9b62023-04-25T06:42:22ZengAdam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Law and Administration of the Adam Mickiewicz University PoznańPrzegląd Prawniczy Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza2083-97822450-09762018-12-01810.14746/ppuam.2018.8.03"Internet Access as a New Human Right? State of the Art on the Threshold of 2020"Łukasz Szoszkiewicz The aim of this study is to analyze the role that the Internet plays in the enjoyment of human rights and answer the question of whether we may be in the process of recog-nizing a new right, namely the right to Internet access. The conclusions are built upon a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Internet-related recommendations adopted by the UN treaty-based bodies in the period between 2007 and 2017. Moreover, the paper is supplemented by a brief overview of the relevant recommendations formulated under the mechanism of the Universal Periodic Review. Analysis of the content of rec-ommendations allowed them to be classified into two groups – the first one integrates recommendations that refer to the duty of non-interference, and the second concerns the duty to expand Internet infrastructure across the country. The article ends with a call for further investigation of the normative potential of Article 15(1)b of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as this hitherto forgotten provision might shed a new light on the proposed right to Internet access. https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ppuam/article/view/21599Internet accesshuman rightscultural rightsight to benefit from scientific progress and its applications
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"Internet Access as a New Human Right? State of the Art on the Threshold of 2020"
Przegląd Prawniczy Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
Internet access
human rights
cultural rights
ight to benefit from scientific progress and its applications
title "Internet Access as a New Human Right? State of the Art on the Threshold of 2020"
title_full "Internet Access as a New Human Right? State of the Art on the Threshold of 2020"
title_fullStr "Internet Access as a New Human Right? State of the Art on the Threshold of 2020"
title_full_unstemmed "Internet Access as a New Human Right? State of the Art on the Threshold of 2020"
title_short "Internet Access as a New Human Right? State of the Art on the Threshold of 2020"
title_sort internet access as a new human right state of the art on the threshold of 2020
topic Internet access
human rights
cultural rights
ight to benefit from scientific progress and its applications
url https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ppuam/article/view/21599
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