Abstract
The international Human Rights regime acknowledges a certain number of rights. That number, albeit increasing since its inception, does not seem able to keep up with the pace of modern technology. Human rights today are not only exercised in the tangible world; they are also exercised on a daily basis in a world of ubiquitous computing–as such they can be easily breached with a mere click of a button. To make matters worse, these rights are controlled largely by multinational corporations that have little regard for their value. In this paper we will attempt to explore the difficulties the global human rights regime faces today, the challenge that is its enforcement, and whether it has come to a standstill in an age where connections grow faster than the rule of law.
Highlights
Jan Kleijssen [1] recently argued about the pressing need to compose a Bill of Internet Rights [2]; the same framework that vindicated human rights in the pre-internet era is the same framework that vindicates human rights today
Jørgensen [3] describes first-generation human rights as civil and political; rights that have been on national constitutional foregrounds since the early 18th and 19th centuries
World War was not satisfied by the early stages of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR): the lack of detail in its provisions, the questionable willingness of the member states to enforce it and the lapse of time caused by their reluctance [6] forced the European countries that were more directly affected by the war to take regional action
Summary
Jan Kleijssen [1] recently argued about the pressing need to compose a Bill of Internet Rights [2]; the same framework that vindicated human rights in the pre-internet era is the same framework that vindicates human rights today. The troubling question is to what extent these enumerated rights suffice to accommodate the life of persons in times when information sharing is such an integral part of the worldwide economy that we call ourselves an information society. To answer that question we will need to go through an overview of the main provisions of current regime, pinpoint emerging trends of human rights, assess their use and applicability, and last, but not least, deliberate on whether broadening the interpretation of the current framework would successfully make up for the lack of newly enumerated rights
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