CONTENTS
Foreword / by Mary Robinson = ⅸ
Preface / by Abid Hussain = ⅹ
Notes on the Contributors = xiii
Acknowledgements = xviii
Part Ⅰ Perspectives of Human Rights on the Internet = 1
1 Introduction / Edward F. Halpin ; Steven Hick ; Eric Hoskins = 3
2 The Mouse is Mightier than the Sword / The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy = 16
3 The European Parliament and Human Rights on the Internet / Glyn Ford = 21
4 Human Rights NGOs : Our Love-Hate Relationship with the Internet / Patti Whaley = 30
Part Ⅱ Online Human Rights Activism = 41
5 Rebel Internet : Human Rights and the New Technology / Wayne Sharpe = 43
6 Internet Solidarity : Grassroots Movement Struggles for Human Rights / Steven Hick ; Ariel Teplitsky = 52
7 Doing Human Rights Online : the Derechos' Cyberbirth / Michael Katz-Lacabe ; Margarita Lacabe = 65
8 Information Overload : How Increased Information Flows Affect the Work of the Human Rights Movement / Eric Sottas ; Ben Schonveld = 76
Part Ⅲ Human Rights around the World on the Internet = 89
9 The Internet in Africa : a Turning Point in the Struggle for Human Rights? / Jacques Gauthier = 91
10 Human Rights and the Internet in South America / Alejandro Pacheco = 104
11 Human Rights and the Internet in Europe / Graham Lane = 116
12 Human Rights and the Internet in Asia : Promoting the Case of East Timor / Sharon Scharfe = 129
Part Ⅳ Uses and Abuses of the Internet = 139
13 Hate on the Internet / Karen Mock = 141
14 The Internet and International Children's Rights / Mark Erik Hecht ; Rodney Neufeld = 153
15 Women's Voices against the War : the Internet in the Fight for Human Rights during the War in the Former Yugoslavia / Djurdja Knezevic = 166
16 Reflections on the Colour of the Internet / Lorna Roth = 174
Part Ⅴ Current Issues and Future Trends = 185
17 Privacy, Free Speech and Community : Applying Human Rights Law to Cyberspace / Valerie Steeves = 187
18 Political Control and the Internet / Steve Wright = 200
19 Communication, Human Rights and Cyberspace / Marshall Conley ; Christina Patterson = 211
20 Human Rights Education on the Internet : Its Day Has Come / Richard Pierre Claude ; Steven Hick = 225
21 Information : an Essential Tool for Human Rights Work / Edward F. Halpin ; Steven Hick = 238
Index = 251
