human rights
RSS human rightsEurope: 'Human rights and IT not mutually exclusive'
News The Council of Europe has formally adopted a political statement on human rights in the IT-dominated society. The eight-page document sets out how the longstanding European Convention on Human Rights has been affected by the spread of communication... [26 May 2005]
Human rights enshrined in open source software
News Crafted by Hacktivismo, a hacking group organised by the Cult of the Dead Cow, the Hacktivismo enhanced-source software licence agreement says that anyone using code released under it must respect privacy, free expression, due process and other... [02 Dec 2002]
Human rights group calls for email privacy laws
News A human rights organisation is calling on the UK government to protect email privacy in the same way as it currently protects phone conversations. The Justice organisation raised the issue on Tuesday when it suggested that police and security... [29 Jul 1998]
Human Rights Issues Related to the Patenting of Human Biological Material
White Paper A rigourous analysis of human rights issues can help take the debate toward a more compreh A patent holder does not own the invention, but it must be determined whether the property interests of a patent holder might entail sufficient control that... [24 Feb 2004]
Globalization and Multi-Cultural Knowledge of Human Rights
White Paper Properly understood, human rights are justifiable from within all cultures. Moreover, current conceptions of human rights are not as narrow as they were in 1948, when the Universal Declaration was drafted. [14 Aug 2003]
The Political Economy of Human Rights: Transnational Corporations
White Paper Also increasingly recognized is the good or ill they can do for human rights, especially labor rights. The public regulation of TNCs, especially for social reasons like human rights, has long been problematical. [03 Jul 2008]
On the Indivisibility and Interdependence of Human Rights
White Paper This paper defends the claim that the contemporary canon of human rights forms an indivisible and interdependent system of norms against both "Western" and "Asian" critics who have asserted exceptionalist or selectivist counterclaims. [14 Aug 2003]
Faster Access to Information and More Reliable E-Mail Speeds Resolution of Human Rights Issues
White Paper The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission is harnessing the new Microsoft Office System to streamline information access for its 115 employees. Faster and more reliable access to e-mail - which accounts for up to 80 per cent of the work... [01 Mar 2004]
Yahoo! fights China human rights suit
News spokeswoman said the company is a strong believer in human rights and it respects freedom of expression and privacy around the world. deeply sympathises with the plaintiffs and their families and does not condone the suppression of their rights and... [28 Aug 2007]
Amnesty promotes human rights on the Net
News Human rights pressure group, Amnesty International is using its newly launched branded Internet service to boost funds and save money. The pressure group operates by asking its members to send communications to targeted political and military... [16 Oct 1998]
Home Office fights back against human rights allegations
News The Home Office has denied claims that the government's draft Electronic Communications Bill contravenes the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Peter Noorlander, legal policy officer at human rights group, Justice, was outraged by the Home... [27 Oct 1999]
Microsoft, Sun 'contribute to Chinese human-rights abuses'
News Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Cisco are among major IT vendors slammed by Amnesty International for contributing to human-rights abuses by selling technology to the Chinese government that is used to censor the internet. [02 Feb 2004]
WinWhatWhere chief rejects human rights violation
News The employee privacy rights debate took a bizarre turn today when the developer of the controversial WinWhatWhere software, Richard Eaton, answered civil liberties campaigners who have criticised his product for curbing human rights. [04 Oct 1999]
Ecommerce Bill in trouble over human rights
News The UK government is under attack this morning over claims that its Electronic Communications Bill contravenes the European Convention on Human Rights. Peter Noorlander, legal policy officer at human rights group, Justice, claimed he was "almost... [26 Oct 1999]
ID card Bill 'is a threat to human rights'
News The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has published its report into the implications of the Identity Cards Bill - and says the legislation "raise[s] a number of serious questions" on human rights. [03 Feb 2005]
