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| (10/05/2013) Council of Europe multi-stakeholder conference on “Network Neutrality and Human Rights”, 29 - 30 May 2013 |
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Multi-stakeholder dialogue on ‘Network Neutrality’ and Human Rights
As a follow-up
to the Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on network
neutrality, and in the implementation of the Internet Governance
Strategy 2012-2015, the Council of Europe is organising a
multi-stakeholder dialogue on Network Neutrality and Human Rights.
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(31/10/2012)
Council of Europe at 2012 Internet Governance Forum: How to ensure safety
of online media? |
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Strasbourg, 30.10.2012 – The development of online media and new
forms of expression online has created news challenges to the
protection of freedom of expression. What can be done to ensure the
safety of online media professionals and actors?
The Council of Europe
is organising - in cooperation with EBU, OSCE and UNESCO - an open
forum on this pressing issue at the 7th Internet Governance Forum
(IGF), which the UN is organising in Baku (Azerbaijan) from 6 to 9
November.
Nils
Muižnieks,
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Jean Paul
Philippot, President of EBU, and Neelie Kroes, EC Vice-president,
will participate in the debate together with speakers such as
journalist Eynulla Fatullayev and Jim Boumelha, President of the
International Federation of Journalists. The Council of Europe is also organising at the IGF events on the following topics aiming to engage in the discussions representatives of civil society, governments, the private sector and other relevant Internet actors.
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(29/10/2012)
Comments Relating to Freedom of Expression and Freedom of
Association with Regard to New Generic Top Level Domains |
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The Council of Europe participated as an observer in the meeting of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers which took place from 14-18 October 2012 in Toronto. The Council of Europe submitted Comments Relating to Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Association with Regard to New Generic Top Level Domains to the GAC. |
(03/07/2012) EdgerydersEdgeryders is a community-centered think tank providing knowledge to European institutions on how to implement successful and actionable policies. At the “Living on the Edge” Conference 14-15 June 2012, over 150 participants shared ideas on how to engage citizens with the European institutions.For link to event : click here [10/04/2012] Council of Europe adopts recommendations to protect human rights on search engines and social platforms The
Council of Europe has adopted two Recommendations in which it calls
on its members states to safeguard human rights, notably freedom
of expression, access to information, freedom of association and
the right to private life, with regard to search engines and social
networking services. In the
Recommendation on search engines, the Committee of Ministers
invites states to engage with search engine providers to increase
transparency in the way access to information is provided, in particular
the criteria used to select, rank or remove search results. The
Committee of Ministers calls for more transparency and respect for
users’ rights in the processing of personal data – for example of
cookies, IP addresses and individual search histories. In the
Recommendation on social networking services, the Committee
of Ministers’ calls on states to work with operators to raise users´
awareness of their rights and the challenges to them, by using clear
and understandable language. It also recommends helping users understand
the default settings of their profiles - which should be privacy-friendly
- and make informed choices about their online identity. The Recommendation
contains a number of actions to protect children and young people
against harmful content and behaviour, such as the setting up of
easily accessible mechanisms for reporting inappropriate or apparently
illegal content or behaviour. |
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[21/03/2012] Workshop on Internet governance and E-diplomacy  You
are cordially invited to participate in the Workshop on Internet
governance and E-diplomacy, to be held in the Agora building (Room
G05) on Monday 26 March, from 2.15 p.m. to 5.15 p.m. This event
is organised by the Council of Europe Secretariat in co-operation
with the DiploFoundation and is open to permanent representations
to the Council of Europe and staff members. The Workshop will address
Internet governance as a topic of increasing importance: openness
of the Internet as a common global resource, rights and freedoms
for Internet users, personal data and privacy of citizens, criminal
justice capacities and co-operation in the fight against cybercrime,
and children’s safety and empowerment in online environments. The
second part of the workshop will discuss the role of e-tools (blogs,
Twitter, Facebook, Wiki, etc.) in diplomatic activities and policy
processes. To confirm participation, please contact
Marise Boylan (tel: 03 390 21 4671; e-mail:
marise.boylan@coe.int).
Related links: Workshop programme Data Protection - Modernisation of Convention 108  The
Council of Europe continues the important work on the modernisation
of its main instrument on data protection, Convention 108. This
process, which mostly aims at dealing with challenges to privacy
resulting from the use of new ICTs. Further information about the
modernisation process and the Bureau meeting, and the relevant documents
are available at:
http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/DataProtection/default_en.asp Octopus conference 2012 The 2012 Octopus conference was held inMONEYVAL adopts typology study on criminal money flows on the Internet At its 38th Plenary meeting ([15/03/2012] Council of Europe puts users' rights at heart of Internet
The 47 Council of Europe member states have adopted an
Internet governance strategy to protect and promote human rights,
the rule of law and democracy online.The strategy, which is one
of the priorities of the Council of Europe United Kingdom’s Chairmanship,
contains more than 40 lines of action structured around six areas
(Internet’s openness, the rights of users, data protection, cybercrime,
democracy and culture, and children and young people). It will be
implemented over a period of four years, from 2012 to 2015, in close
co-operation with partners from all sectors of society, including
the private sector and civil society.
[21 February 2012] Internet Governance Principles The Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Internet Governance Principles is now available in English, French, German, Russian and Ukranian. [8 December 2011] Council of Europe alerts against pressure and attacks on new media, whistleblowers and human rights defenders websites The Council of Europe
Committee of Ministers alerted its member states about the risks to
the rights to freedom of expression and association that may be created
by politically motivated pressure on Internet platforms and online service
providers. It also expressed concern about the threat to these rights
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Council of Europe at 2012 Internet Governance Forum: How to ensure safety
of online media? |