Confronting the digital divide (2) – Refugees, human rights and Internet access – WS 10 2016
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In light of discussions in Workshop 2, if human rights indeed should apply online as they do offline (UNHRC 2014) then what sort of techno-legal and sociocultural challenges arise in order to enable, and protect the rights of migrants, refugees and newcomers to Europe to access the internet and, once online, to be able to participate fully in the online environment?
Session description
For some commentators a striking feature of the current refugee and migrant crisis is how central a role mobile phones and internet access play in providing information, and contact with family back home as they seek refuge from war and conflict. Keeping these devices working, and being able to use various sorts of social media, is a vital lifeline for displaced persons on the road. They also play an integral role in being able to start a new life as newcomers in another part of the world.
But providing internet and mobile phone access to these communities raises a number of questions for policy makers and service providers, be it for physical access and online service provision for people on their way to safety, whilst awaiting the outcome of their applications throughout the world, or for their needs such as education and information on public services once resettled. This flash panel brings together a range of views and expertise on the legal and technical challenges that arise when providing internet access and mobile phone provisions to refugees.
This workshop is in tandem with workshop 2. Themes discussed will draw on the following submissions to the EuroDIG program: ID 11; 55; 60; 90; 30; 33; 41; 132
Keywords
refugeerights, internetaccess, netrights, humanrights, refugeesandminorities, digitaldivide, digitalinclusion, disabilityrights, publicaccess
Format
Roundtable Discussion with key participants, and invited audience members; Proposed output to be up to 6 recommendations to the European Parliament, EC and Council of Europe.
Further reading
Links to relevant websites, declarations, books, documents.
People
- Focal Point: Marianne Franklin, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition/Goldsmiths (University of London, UK)
- Key participants
- Kiamars Baghbani, IFLA (Finland)
- Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths/Internet Rights and Principles Coalition; Academic
- David Krystof, Freifunk Rhein-Main; Civil Society
- Fatuma Musa Afrah; Civil society
- Moderator: Julia Reda, MEP (European Pirate Party)
- Co-moderator: Sebastian Raible
- Remote moderator: Ruth Hennell (Youth, UK)
- Org team
- Charles McCathie-Nevile, Yandex
- Andreas Palmqvist, Civil Society (Sweden)
- Didier van der Meeren, Le Monde des Possibles ASBL
- Dixie Hawtin, Minority Rights Group International
- Frederick Donck, Internet Society (ISOC)
- Hanane Boujemi, Hivos/IRP Coalition)
- Julia Brungs, International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
- Julia Reda, MEP
- Justus Roemeth, European Parliament
- Karmen Turk, TRINITI Estonia
- Maarit Palovirta, ISOC
- Marianne Franklin, IRP Coalition/Goldsmiths
- Mattias Bjarnemalm, European Parliament
- Olivier Crepin-Leblond, GIH
- Ruth Hennell, Youth/University of Cardiff
- Sebastian Raible, European Parliament
- Stephen Wyber, IFLA
- Stuart Hamilton, IFLA
- Valentina Pellizzer, One World Platform
- Wolf Ludwig, EuroDIG Programme Director
- Yuliya Morenets, TaC International
- Reporter: Valentina Pellizzer (One World Platform)
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Mailing list
Contact: ws10@eurodig.org
Remote participation
Final report
Deadline 2016
Session twitter hashtag
Hashtag: #eurodig16 #refugeesinternet