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Council of Europe draft statement on human rights and Internet
On 6 and 7 April 2005 a committee of the Council of Europe debated on the merits of a new recommendation on human rights and Internet. On behalf of European Digital Rights Meryem Marzouki from the French digital rights organisation IRIS attended, in fact as the only NGO present. This second meeting of the Multidisciplinary […]
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Update on WSIS PrepCom-2
After two weeks of intense debate in Geneva tomorrow the second preparatory conference to the WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) ends. The second and final World Summit will take place in Tunisia in November 2005. The Human Rights caucus (a loose coalition of currently 59 human rights organisations) devoted its time in the […]
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Council of Europe outlines e-governance strategy
The Council of Europe has adopted a recommendation on e-governance on 15 December 2004. The Council recommends that member states “Work together with the appropriate international, national, regional and local stakeholders, to develop a shared vision of e-governance that upholds human rights, democracy and the rule of law.” Member states should use e-governance to strengthen […]
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EU model for proper privacy notification
The Article 29 Working Party of data protection authorities in the EU has developed an interesting and useful model for a standard EU privacy notice, consisting of a short, a condensed and a full legal notice. Under the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC data subjects must be informed of their rights to data protection. The […]
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EDRI Response to the Consultation on the creation of a Human Rights Agency of the European Union
EDRI welcomes the creation of a Human Rights Agency within the European Union, adopted by the Council of the European Union on December 12th 2003. In his opening address to the UN general assembly on 21 September 2004, UN General Secretary Kofi Annan stated that not since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human […]
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Comments on Unesco convention on cultural diversity
The Unesco is working on a draft convention on cultural diversity, the Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions. The draft contains many references to copyright, intellectual property rights and access to information. On 15 November 2004 the campaign for Communication Rights in the Information Society (CRIS) has presented […]
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EU Parliament Committee approves of Buttiglione
Representatives of the European Parliament’s Social Democrat, Liberal, Green and Left Groups uttered harsh words after the Parliamentary hearing of Rocco Buttiglione (Italy), Commissioner-designate for Justice, Freedom and Security and designated Vice-President of the European Commission. He was interrogated a second time by the parliamentary Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on […]
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Report about WIPO conference
How does the work of WIPO – the World Intellectual Property Organisation – affect the daily lives of the world’s six billion plus consumers? Is WIPO’s mission and work inherently exclusive, benefiting only the richer countries and consumers and harming the poor? Does WIPO need a new mission to embrace new information technologies and to […]
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German promise to adopt freedom of information law
The German government is promising to finally implement a freedom of information law, according to an article published in Berliner Zeitung from 3 July 2004. After many years of debate within the red-green coalition, a legal proposal will be sent to parliament (Bundestag) after the summer break. Mrs Stokar, an MP for the Green party, […]
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Report OSCE conference on racism on the internet
Is there any proven link between hate speech on the Internet and committed hate crimes ? This was the difficult question faced by a meeting organised by OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe) on the relationship between racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic propaganda on the Internet and hate crimes, which was held in Paris […]
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Deadline public comments on ICANN whois policy
Under rules established by ICANN, any entity that registers a domain name has to provide contact information that can be queried through the WHOIS service – by any data user and for any legitimate purpose. Data users remain anonymous, and there is no enforcement of the few limitations imposed on using the data. This policy […]
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Results European elections for digital rights
One of the results of the European elections is the loss of some excellent Members of Parliament. EDRI wishes to thank a number of MEPs that have struggled hard to defend privacy and digital civil rights, but have not been re-elected. As rapporteur of the Directive on privacy and electronic communications, the Italian MEP Marco […]
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