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'''Please use your own words to describe this session. You may use external references, websites or publications as a source of information or inspiration, if you decide to quote them, please clearly specify the source.'''
'''Please use your own words to describe this session. You may use external references, websites or publications as a source of information or inspiration, if you decide to quote them, please clearly specify the source.'''
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''To follow the current discussion on this topic, see [http://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Talk:WS_2:_Confronting_the_digital_divide_%281%29_-_Internet_Access_and/as_Human_Rights_for_Minorities the discussion tab] on the upper left side of this page''


== Session teaser ==
== Session teaser ==
If human rights apply online as they do offline (UNHRC 2014) then what sort of techno-legal and sociocultural challenges arise when working to protect the rights of minorities in the online environment - refugees and newcomers in Europe, persons with disabilities, and other disadvantaged groups - by providing access to the internet and other digital goods and services?
If human rights indeed should apply online as they do offline ([http://www2.nycbar.org/vancecenter/images/stories/vancecenter/unhrc.pdf UNHRC 2014]) then what sort of techno-legal and sociocultural challenges arise in order to enable, and protect the rights of minorities (persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees or other disadvantaged or excluded groups) to access the internet and, once online, to be able to participate fully in the online environment?


== Session description ==  
== Session description ==  
This workshop is in tandem with workshop 10. Themes discussed will draw on the following submissions to the EuroDIG program:  
This session is the first of two workshops looking at internet access and/as human rights. It will be addressing a range of social, legal, and technical issues at the intersection of human rights and internet access (including physical and mobile access points and the means to fully engage with, and enjoy services once online) for minorities, broadly defined. The session will consider themes such as:
*'''ID 11; 55; 60; 90; 30; 33; 41; 132'''
 
# '''Perceptions''' around access for people with disabilities as a separate rather than an integral element to the intersection of technical and policy-based dimensions to human rights-based internet design and term of use; e.g. when and how policy agendas need to account for the technical aspects to ensuring that online content is accessible to people with various disabilities, and to account for these features as they are developed collaboratively by the technical community and people with disabilities.
# '''Regulatory and commercial environments''' as enabling, and reasons for when they may be obstructive; e.g. consider how to reconcile the needs and design requirements of disadvantaged communities with varying regulatory requirements around who funds and supports roll-out of applications and software that can mandate appropriate technical solutions respectively.
# '''Terms of Reference''': Reconsidering what we mean by both “access” and “minorities” and their implicit relationship to human rights frameworks for internet governance: [http://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Talk:WS_2:_Confronting_the_digital_divide_%281%29_-_Internet_access_and/as_human_rights_for_minorities read more].
# '''Sociocultural and Techno-legal Contexts''': Consider how wider contexts in which policy-makers, commercial and government service providers set agendas around access and terms of use. [http://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Talk:WS_2:_Confronting_the_digital_divide_%281%29_-_Internet_access_and/as_human_rights_for_minorities read more].
# '''The Future of Public access'''. How can access to the internet, and once online to a full range of goods and services be supported by public institutions and in public spaces?  [http://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Talk:WS_2:_Confronting_the_digital_divide_%281%29_-_Internet_access_and/as_human_rights_for_minorities read more]
 
Themes for this workshop, in tandem with Workshop 10, draw on the following submissions to the EuroDIG program: '''ID [http://goo.gl/4WC2gp 11]; [http://goo.gl/yqKML0 55]; [http://goo.gl/4XNaty 60]; [http://goo.gl/zEQHx8 90]; [http://goo.gl/b1lnai 30]; [http://goo.gl/2ScMdo 33]; [http://goo.gl/nZ2mlo 41]; [http://goo.gl/5Jlo2s 132]'''


== Keywords ==
== Keywords ==
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== Format ==  
== Format ==  
'''Until 30 April 2016.''' Please try new interactive formats out. EuroDIG is about dialogue not about statements.
# Brief Opening remarks from invited participants followed by an Open Mic Discussion
# Time permitting, break-out groups and reporting back on 1-2 action points


== Further reading ==  
== Further reading ==  
'''Until 30 April 2016.''' Links to relevant websites, declarations, books, documents. Please note we cannot offer web space, only links to external resources are possible.
Links to relevant websites, declarations, books, documents.


== People ==  
== People ==  
Name, institution, country of residence
*'''Focal Point''': Marianne Franklin, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition/Goldsmiths (University of London, UK)
*'''Focal Point'''  
**Marianne FRANKLIN, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition/Goldsmiths (University of London), UK
*'''Key participants'''
*'''Key participants'''
'''Until 15 May 2016.'''  
'''Initial Remarks'''
Key participants (workshop) are experts willing to provide their knowledge during a session – not necessarily on stage. Key participants should contribute to the session planning process and keep statements short and punchy during the session. Panellist (plenary) will be selected and assigned by the org team, ensuring a stakeholder balanced dialogue also considering gender and geographical balance.
:* Charles McCathie-Nevile (Yandex)
Panellists should contribute to the session planning process and keep statements short and punchy during the session.
:* Kiamars Baghbani (IFLA)
Please provide short CV’s of the participants involved in your session at the Wiki or link to another source.
:* Ruth Hennell (Youth)
*'''Moderator'''
:* Valentina Pellizzer (One World Platform)
'''Until 15 May 2016.'''  
'''Followed by Comments from'''  
The moderator is the facilitator of the session at the event. Moderators are responsible for including the audience and encouraging a lively interaction among all session attendants. Please make sure the moderator takes a neutral role and can balance between all speakers.
:*Valentina Pellizzer (One World Platform)
*Please provide short CV of the moderator of your session at the Wiki or link to another source.
:*Olivier Crepin-Leblond (Technical Community)
*'''Remote moderator'''
:*Didier van der Meeren (Le Monde des Possibles ASBL)
'''Until 15 May 2016.'''
:*Ruth Hennell (Youth/University Cardiff)
The remote moderator is in charge of facilitating participation via digital channels such as WebEx and social medial (Twitter, facebook). Remote moderators monitor and moderate the social media channels and the participants via WebEX and forward questions to the session moderator.
:*Minority Rights Group International Representative
Please contact the EuroDIG secretariat if you need help to find a remote moderator.
:*Internet Society Representative
*'''Moderator''': Marianne Franklin, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition/Goldsmiths (University of London, UK)
*'''Remote moderator''': Hanane Boujemi, Hivos/Internet Rights and Principles Coalition
*'''Org team'''  
*'''Org team'''  
Organising team is a group of people shaping the session. Every interested individual can become a member of an organising team (org team).
**Charles McCathie-Nevile, Yandex
*'''Reporter'''
**Andreas Palmqvist, Civil Society (Sweden)
'''Until 15 May 2016.'''
**Didier van der Meeren, Le Monde des Possibles ASBL
The reporter takes notes during the session and formulates 3 (max. 5) bullet points at the end of each session that:
**Dixie Hawtin, Minority Rights Group International
#are summarised on a slide and  presented to the audience at the end of each session
**Frederick Donck, Internet Society (ISOC)  
#relate to the particular session and to European Internet governance policy
**Hanane Boujemi, Hivos/IRP Coalition)
#are forward looking and propose goals and activities that can be initiated after EuroDIG (recommendations)
**Julia Brungs, International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
#are in (rough) consensus with the audience
**Julia Reda, MEP
#are to be submitted to the secretariat within 48 hours after the session took place
**Justus Roemeth, European Parliament
Please provide short CV of the reporter of your session at the Wiki or link to another source and contact the EuroDIG secretariat if you need help to find a reporter.
**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''': Minda Moreira, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition


== Current discussion ==
== Current discussion ==
See [http://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Talk:Workshop_2:_Access_and_rights_for_minorities the discussion tab] on the upper left side of this page.
See [http://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Talk:WS_2:_Confronting_the_digital_divide_%281%29_-_Internet_Access_and/as_Human_Rights_for_Minorities the discussion tab] on the upper left side of this page.


== Conference call. Schedules and minutes ==
== Conference call. Schedules and minutes ==
*dates for virtual meetings or coordination calls
Both Workshop 2 and 10 have emerged out of [https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/EuroDIG_2016__WS_2_Rights_%26_Access_for_Minoriti an interactive drafting and conferral process online]
*short summary of calls or email exchange
 
*be as open and transparent as possible in order to allow others to get involved and contact you
Supplementary discussions via the email list.
*use the wiki not only as the place to publish results but also to summarize and publish the discussion process


== Mailing list ==  
== Mailing list ==  
Contact: ws2@eurodig.org
Contact: ws2@eurodig.org


== Remote participation ==
== Video Record ==
 
[https://youtu.be/bkIPtf1MoHU?list=PLit-Hh_9fzQ6-DZOlraRuIwNM7kyFW-Mi See the video record in our youtube channel]


== Final report ==   
== Transcript ==
Deadline 2016
[[Transcript: Confronting the digital divide (1) - Internet access and/as human rights for minorities]]
== Messages ==   
* Each one of us is, or can be part of a minority at any one time, the term therefore is not just about numbers, rather is about resources and relative position.
* Access is not just about a physical connection or terms of use, but also about informed consent, related skills and education, and therefore about having the capacity to fully participate online.
* Commercial and regulatory designs need to consider much more creatively the needs of all minorities in order to facilitate full access and enjoyment of the internet. Internet companies share this responsibility whilst governments have a duty to enable the full enjoyment of human rights online for all users.
* Libraries play an important role in enabling and sustaining public access. Despite cuts in funding librarians can help provide people with the knowledge and skills to acquire capacity to fully participate online.
* We should all care about minorities, human rights, and internet access. The more included people can be to necessary internet services, the more they can make a contribution to society, generate innovation, and sustain socioeconomic well-being.
* Governments have a positive obligation to support full access for all communities to the online environment based on an internet that is affordable, accessible, diverse, and inclusive, hence multilingualism and interoperability are integral features.


== Session twitter hashtag ==   
== Session twitter hashtag ==   
Hashtag:
Hashtag: #eurodig16 #minoritiesinternet


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Please use your own words to describe this session. You may use external references, websites or publications as a source of information or inspiration, if you decide to quote them, please clearly specify the source.


To follow the current discussion on this topic, see the discussion tab on the upper left side of this page

Session teaser

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 minorities (persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees or other disadvantaged or excluded groups) to access the internet and, once online, to be able to participate fully in the online environment?

Session description

This session is the first of two workshops looking at internet access and/as human rights. It will be addressing a range of social, legal, and technical issues at the intersection of human rights and internet access (including physical and mobile access points and the means to fully engage with, and enjoy services once online) for minorities, broadly defined. The session will consider themes such as:

  1. Perceptions around access for people with disabilities as a separate rather than an integral element to the intersection of technical and policy-based dimensions to human rights-based internet design and term of use; e.g. when and how policy agendas need to account for the technical aspects to ensuring that online content is accessible to people with various disabilities, and to account for these features as they are developed collaboratively by the technical community and people with disabilities.
  2. Regulatory and commercial environments as enabling, and reasons for when they may be obstructive; e.g. consider how to reconcile the needs and design requirements of disadvantaged communities with varying regulatory requirements around who funds and supports roll-out of applications and software that can mandate appropriate technical solutions respectively.
  3. Terms of Reference: Reconsidering what we mean by both “access” and “minorities” and their implicit relationship to human rights frameworks for internet governance: read more.
  4. Sociocultural and Techno-legal Contexts: Consider how wider contexts in which policy-makers, commercial and government service providers set agendas around access and terms of use. read more.
  5. The Future of Public access. How can access to the internet, and once online to a full range of goods and services be supported by public institutions and in public spaces? read more

Themes for this workshop, in tandem with Workshop 10, 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

  1. Brief Opening remarks from invited participants followed by an Open Mic Discussion
  2. Time permitting, break-out groups and reporting back on 1-2 action points

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

Initial Remarks

  • Charles McCathie-Nevile (Yandex)
  • Kiamars Baghbani (IFLA)
  • Ruth Hennell (Youth)
  • Valentina Pellizzer (One World Platform)

Followed by Comments from

  • Valentina Pellizzer (One World Platform)
  • Olivier Crepin-Leblond (Technical Community)
  • Didier van der Meeren (Le Monde des Possibles ASBL)
  • Ruth Hennell (Youth/University Cardiff)
  • Minority Rights Group International Representative
  • Internet Society Representative
  • Moderator: Marianne Franklin, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition/Goldsmiths (University of London, UK)
  • Remote moderator: Hanane Boujemi, Hivos/Internet Rights and Principles Coalition
  • 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: Minda Moreira, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition

Current discussion

See the discussion tab on the upper left side of this page.

Conference call. Schedules and minutes

Both Workshop 2 and 10 have emerged out of an interactive drafting and conferral process online

Supplementary discussions via the email list.

Mailing list

Contact: ws2@eurodig.org

Video Record

See the video record in our youtube channel

Transcript

Transcript: Confronting the digital divide (1) - Internet access and/as human rights for minorities

Messages

  • Each one of us is, or can be part of a minority at any one time, the term therefore is not just about numbers, rather is about resources and relative position.
  • Access is not just about a physical connection or terms of use, but also about informed consent, related skills and education, and therefore about having the capacity to fully participate online.
  • Commercial and regulatory designs need to consider much more creatively the needs of all minorities in order to facilitate full access and enjoyment of the internet. Internet companies share this responsibility whilst governments have a duty to enable the full enjoyment of human rights online for all users.
  • Libraries play an important role in enabling and sustaining public access. Despite cuts in funding librarians can help provide people with the knowledge and skills to acquire capacity to fully participate online.
  • We should all care about minorities, human rights, and internet access. The more included people can be to necessary internet services, the more they can make a contribution to society, generate innovation, and sustain socioeconomic well-being.
  • Governments have a positive obligation to support full access for all communities to the online environment based on an internet that is affordable, accessible, diverse, and inclusive, hence multilingualism and interoperability are integral features.

Session twitter hashtag

Hashtag: #eurodig16 #minoritiesinternet