From the report: "This
Article presents the first and only analysis of Article 19 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as it applies to new technologies and
uses this analysis to develop the foundation for an “international law of the Internet.”
Although Article 19 does not guarantee a right to the “Internet”
per se, it explicitly protects the technologies of connection and access to
information, and it limits states’ ability to burden content originating
abroad. The principles derived from Article 19 provide an important normative
reorientation on individual rights for both domestic and international Internet
governance debates." Read more
