International
Symposium Adopts Statement on Human Rights and the Information
Society
At the International Symposium on the Information
Society, Human Dignity and Human Rights, which took place in Geneva on November
3-4, 2003, a group of experts met to discuss and formulate a
statement on human rights in relation to the information society. The group,
comprised of independent experts from all regions of the world representing a
diversity of backgrounds, expertise, nationalities and perspectives, examined
the opportunities and threats which the development of ICTs brings with it for
human dignity and human rights. Their objective was to assert in preparation
for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS),
that the information and communication society must be firmly based on, and must
contribute to the development of, human dignity and human rights ÌĉÞùÌâåÐ all human
rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.
World Summit on the Information Society Web site »
November 2003
