Pravo na pristup internetu kao ljudsko pravo
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Author(s): Dejan ĐukićSubject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Institut za uporedno pravo
Keywords: Human rights; freedom of thought and expression; freedom of speech; the right of access to the Internet; Internet; Internet security; protection of personal data
Summary/Abstract: The era of communication in which we live, is inevitably reflecting in all spheres of our lives, including human rights. Speed of information is something that has become a basic need of modern man. Methods how people are informing today are drastically differ from the methods of, say twenty years ago. Bearing in mind that the man is accustomed to live with modern technologies and often through them, exercised their fundamental life activities, there is a need to examine the current settings on certain human rights, primarily on freedom of opinion and expression. Hardly any development of technologies, such as appearance of the Internet has had such far-reaching effects. Allowing individuals to exchange information and ideas immediately and cheap but regardless of national boundaries, Internet provides access to information and knowledge that were previously unattainable. Bearing that in mind, some States have right to access to the Internet raised at the level of human rights. The phenomenon of the Internet within the protection and improvement Human Rights was also dealt by the UN Special Rapporteur in his report, which is considered in this paper.
Journal: Strani pravni život
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 205-217
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Serbian