Human Rights in the Information Society

Major: International Information
Code of subject: 6.291.02.E.067
Credits: 3.00
Department: International Information
Lecturer: Petro Sukhorolskyi, PhD in law, Docent
Semester: 8 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: knowledge of basic theories and the history of consolidation of fundamental human rights; knowledge of the main concepts of new technologies’ impact on state, law, and human rights; understanding of the importance of human rights in the information society; awareness of the threats and understanding of the ways to protect human rights in the new digital environment; ability to determine human rights violations and carry out human rights advocacy; ability to take into account human rights values in practical and analytical activities.
Required prior and related subjects: Prerequisites: International Law, Internation Information Law. Сo-requisite: Analytical and Legal Aspects of International Information Relations
Summary of the subject: Introduction to human rights theory. Information society and human rights. Freedom of expression. Political rights in the Internet age. New dimensions of privacy. The right to anonymity as a human right. Personalization of the Internet and human rights. The right to be forgotten in the information society.
Assessment methods and criteria: Formative assessment (30%): oral questioning, essays, presentations. Summative assessment (70%): examination (multiple-choice tests, short answers, extended written responses).
Recommended books: Human Rights in the Global Information Society / Ed. Rikke Frank Jorgensen. – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. – 325 p. Land M. Toward an International Law of the Internet / Molly K. Land // Harvard International Law Journal. – 2013. – Vol. 54. – P. 393-458. Lessons from the Identity Trail: Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society / Eds: Ian Kerr, Valerie Steeves, Carole Lucock. – Oxford University Press, 2009. – 575 p. New Dimensions in Privacy Law: International and Comparative Perspectives / Eds. Andrew T. Kenyon, Megan Richardson. – Cambridge University Press, 2006. – 296 p. Benedek V. Svoboda vyrazhennia pohliadiv ta Internet / Benedek V., Ketteman M. – Vydavnytstvo Rady Yevropy, 2013. – 204 s. Zadorozhnyi A.V. Mezhdunarodnoie informatsionnoie pravo. / Zadorozhnyi A.V., Paziuk A.V. – K.: 2013. – 854 s. Filosofiia prav liudyny / Za red. Sh. Hosepata ta H. Lomanna. – 2-he vyd. – K, 2012. – 320 s.