[NCUC-DISCUSS] Net of Rights

[avri doria]

Hi,

That sounds like a great idea.  Even the possibility of translation I
would assume.

avri

On 04-Mar-16 20:37, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
> Bravo, Niels! 
>
> Congratulations on the premiere of this important film and also for
> sharing and streaming it without a DRM. I didn't see any closed
> captioning available, however, for those who might find the audio
> difficult to hear or who are learning to understand a non-native
> language and would find a transcript useful. If you need help with
> subtitles, I'd be happy to help out. We could create them in an open
> format like SRT so they needn't be 'burned' into your film.
>
> Ayden
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Niels ten Oever
> <lists at digitaldissidents.org <mailto:lists at digitaldissidents.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     Today, 4 March, ARTICLE 19 and Coding Rights are launching ‘Net of
>     Rights’, a short film which explores the link between internet
>     protocols
>     and human rights online. The film will screen at 6pm at the Internet
>     Freedom Festival.
>
>     Please find the film Net of Rights here:
>     https://hrpc.io/wp-content/uploads/videos/netofrights.io.mp4
>
>     and the teaser here:
>     https://hrpc.io/wp-content/uploads/videos/netofrights.io_teaser.mp4
>
>     If the teaser doesn't show in your browser, you can also use this
>     link:
>     https://vimeo.com/157722482
>
>     Here is the press release (also below):
>     http://is.gd/kqYjc3
>
>     and please get involved in the work at: https://hrpc.io/
>
>     It is too-often assumed that there is no link between protocols (the
>     standards which underpin the way the internet functions) and human
>     rights, but this is simply not the case, as the film argues.
>
>     The Internet aspires to be the global ‘network of networks’, providing
>     connectivity for all users, at all times, for any content.
>     Connectivity
>     increases the capacity for individuals to exercise their rights,
>     meaning
>     that the architectural design of the internet is, necessarily,
>     intertwined with the human rights framework.
>
>     Promoting open, secure and reliable connectivity is essential for the
>     rights to privacy, expression and assembly. But how are these concepts
>     addressed at the protocol level? Without proper definition, the human
>     rights-enabling characteristics of the internet are at risk.
>
>     The role of human rights in Internet policy is slowly becoming part of
>     the general discourse. Former United Nations (UN) Special
>     Rapporteur on
>     the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and
>     expression, Frank La Rue, explicitly spoke of the replationship,
>     leading
>     to the approval of the landmark resolution "on the promotion,
>     protection
>     and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet" at the UN Human Rights
>     Council, and the resolution "The right to privacy in the digital
>     age" at
>     the UN General Assembly.
>
>     Mapping the relationship between human rights and internet
>     protocols and
>     architectures is a new research challenge, which requires the
>     development of a consistent methodology, bringing human rights experts
>     together with the community of researchers and developers of Internet
>     standards and technologies. The Human Rights Protocol Research
>     Group is
>     a group chartered to research how standards and protocols (the
>     rules by
>     which the internet functions) can enable, strengthen, or threaten
>     human
>     rights.
>
>     The rights-enabling characteristics of the Internet will be
>     increasingly
>     endangered if they are not properly defined, described and
>     protected as
>     such. And, indeed, the other way around: by not protecting these
>     characteristics, we risk loss of functionality and connectivity in the
>     architecture of the internet itself.
>
>     To protect human rights online, it will be necessary to explore
>     and map
>     the link between rights and protocol, ensuring the survival of a
>     decentralized and collaborative internet, in which freedom of
>     expression
>     through unimpeded connectivity remains a central principle, and a
>     guiding force.
>
>     Conceived in partnership between ARTICLE 19 and Coding Rights,
>     this film
>     aims to highlight the importance of addressing this issue within the
>     technical community and human rights advocates, but also to feed into
>     the work of the Human Rights Protocol Considerations research group
>     (HRPC) in the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). This group is
>     currently mapping the relation between human rights and Internet
>     protocols, in order to strengthen the Internet as a human rights
>     enabling environment, in which freedom of expression through unimpeded
>     connectivity remains a central principle and guiding force.
>
>     All the best,
>
>     Niels
>
>     --
>     Niels ten Oever
>     Head of Digital
>
>     Article 19
>     www.article19.org <http://www.article19.org>
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