La guía práctica de los derechos a la comunicatión
¿Qué son los “derechos a la comunicación”? ¿Cómo se relacionan con los “derechos humanos”? ¿En qué se diferencian de la “libertad de expresión”? Los derechos a la comunicación ayudan a construir un entorno en el que las personas están mejor equipadas para comunicarse de manera creativa, crítica y competente.
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Guide pratique sur les droits à la communication
Que sont les «droits à la communication»? Comment sont-ils liés aux «droits de l’homme»? En quoi diffèrent-ils de la «liberté d’expression»? Les droits à la communication aident à créer un environnement dans lequel les gens sont mieux équipés pour communiquer de manière créative, critique et compétente.
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Communication Rights, Civil Society, and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to have a significant impact on societies everywhere. What are the ethical, human rights, and social justice implication of this technology? Civil society actors must work together to promote the democratization and transparency of this technology to ensure its benefits are enjoyed by all.
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Communication Rights and the Internet
With over half the world’s population now connected to the Internet, we are witnessing opportunities to use digital communication for social justice. But we are also seeing the Internet used for private profit and political power, which has led to censorship, fragmentation, and violence. How can applying “communication rights” help us understand the problems, and possible solutions, to these challenges?
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Citizen journalism and freedom of expression
Digital platforms have the potential to redress what many perceive as an imbalance between professional journalism and alternative sources of information. Citizen journalism can try to go it alone, or it can complement traditional journalism.
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The Great Internet Grab: Who wins, who loses?
Controlling or restricting access to or the publication of information on the Internet amounts to censorship. What restrictions, if any, should be placed on the Internet?
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Communicating Women and Peace and Security
How can women’s participation at decision-making levels in peace processes be strengthened? How can the number of women at decision-making levels in national, regional and global institutions involved in preventing, managing, and resolving conflicts be increased?
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Media, the Right to Information, and Poverty Reduction
Strengthening the voices of people living in poverty improves understandings and actions aimed at addressing poverty, injustice, and inequality. What are the problems and what is being done?
The Right to Information
The citizens of at least 90 countries and territories now have laws enabling them to obtain government records and other information. So, what does it mean to have a ‘right to information’? Why is it important? What has been its impact?
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Derecho a la información
Las y los ciudadanos de por los menos 90 países y territorios ahora cuentan con legislación que les permite acceder a los registros de los gobiernos y otra información. ¿Entonces, qué significa tener un “derecho a la información”?, ¿por qué es importante?, ¿cuál ha sido su impacto? |
Droit a l’information
Les citoyens d’au moins 90 pays et territoires disposent désormais de lois leur permettant d’accéder aux documents et autres renseignements détenus par les organismes publics. Alors, qu’est-ce que le « droit à l’information » ? Pourquoi est-il important ? Quel a été son impact ?
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Media Observatories, Good Governance, and Good Citizenship
What are media observatories? What do they do? How do they contribute to better democracy, greater accountability and social justice?
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Communication, Climate Justice and Climate Change
Climate justice urges action to avoid catastrophic climate change and to address the social, ecological, political, and economic causes of the climate crisis. It aims to promote and strengthen the rights and voices of ordinary people affected by climate change.
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Indigenous Peoples’ Communication Rights
Indigenous peoples are distinctive through their particular way of life, beliefs, and relationship to the environment. In what ways do indigenous peoples’ communication rights differ from ordinary communication rights? What particular questions need to be addressed?
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Communication Rights
What are ‘communication rights’? How do they relate to ‘human rights’? How do they differ from ‘freedom of expression’? Communication rights help build an environment in which people are better equipped to communicate creatively, critically and competently.
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New Technologies and Social Justice
The new technologies produced by the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, cognitive science and information are no longer the stuff of science fiction. The development and use of such technologies raise important ethical questions especially in regard to social justice.
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HIV/AIDS, Gender Equality and Communication
Gender inequality is a key factor in the spread of HIV/AIDS. Power relations lie at the heart of a pandemic that disproportionately affects women and young girls. For this reason, tackling gender inequality is central to tackling the pandemic itself.
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Digitization of the World
Digitization and digital technologies are invading many aspects of contemporary life. This resource identifies current developments in digital books, digital newspapers and – believe it or not! – digitizing people.
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Peace Journalism
This guide summarises the relatively short history of peace journalism, the concept, its gender dimension, the controversy it has provoked among journalists, and notes the research agenda that has sprung up as a result. It includes ‘Ten Commandments’ for peace journalism that could inform both theory and practice.
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