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katitza
Mensaje citado por Olinca Marino <info at laneta.apc.org>:

> Estimad at s amig at s,
>
> la campaña CRIS esta necesitando una traduccion, del material que a
> continuacion pego, para la semana que viene.
> Algun@ de ustedes podria apoyar con esta tarea???
>
> Abrazos
> Olinca
>
> Statement on Communication Rights
>
> Vision and Context
> Communication plays a central role in politics, economics, and culture in
> societies across the globe.  Information and communication technologies,
> together with the political will to implement communication rights, can
> provide vital new opportunities for political interaction, social and
> economic development, and cultural sustainability. The means to achieve
> these ends include universal access of all to the means of communication
> and information and to a diversity of media throughout the world.
>
> Communication is a fundamental social process and the foundation of all
> social organization. It is more than the mere transmission of messages.
> Communication is human interaction among individuals and groups through
> which identities and meanings are shaped. Communication rights are based on
> a vision of the free flow of information and ideas which is interactive,
> egalitarian and non-discriminatory and driven by human needs, rather than
> commercial or political interests. These rights represent people’s claim to
> freedom, inclusiveness, diversity and participation in the communication
> process.
> Our vision of a communication society is based upon the recognition of the
> inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all people.
>
> While recognizing the great potential of communication in contemporary
> societies, we also draw attention to some of the problems facing full
> recognition of communication rights. The problem of political control and
> interference with freedom of expression remains a central concern. Along
> with media saturation comes a dependency upon the media for knowledge about
> the world, a dependency that is greater in times of armed conflict. At the
> same time, the influence of propaganda and censorship has never been so
> widespread.
>
> Communication has become big global business. Many of its products and
> services are shaped by commercial goals instead of considerations based on
> the common good. The global media market is largely controlled by a small
> number of giant conglomerates, endangering the diversity and independence
> of information flows. This threat to diversity is heightened by current
> trends in international trade negotiations, which risk subjecting ‘culture’
> to the same rules as commodities and undermining indigenous culture,
> knowledge and heritage. On the other hand, strict intellectual property
> regimes create information enclosures and pose critical obstacles to
> emerging ‘knowledge’ societies.
>
> The exclusion of large numbers of people from the democratic political
> process due to the lack of effective means of participation is another
> challenge for communication rights. This problem is exacerbated by the
> expansion of ‘around the clock’ powers to monitor and intercept
> communications, justified in the name of security but almost universally
> abused.
> New technologies and a more profound understanding of communication rights
> have the power to make information and knowledge more readily available to
> people everywhere and to transform social and political processes. However,
> much remains to be done for this to become a reality. Global communication
> remains far from universal, with most of the world’s people still excluded
> from meaningful access to communication, information and the media.
> Communication Rights
> With the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
> international community recognised the inherent dignity of all members of
> the human family by providing everyone with equal and inalienable rights.
> Communication rights are intrinsically bound up with the human condition
> and are based on a new, more powerful understanding of the implications of
> human rights and the role of communications. Without communication rights,
> human beings cannot live in freedom, justice, peace and dignity. The
> recognition of this universal human need has inspired us to set out a
> statement on communication rights based upon the key principles of Freedom,
> Inclusiveness, Diversity and Participation. *
>
> Freedom
> The core of communication rights is Article 19 of the Universal Declaration
> of Human Rights, which proclaims: “Everyone has the right to freedom of
> expression and opinion; this right includes the freedom to hold opinions
> without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas
> through any media and regardless of frontiers.” This basic freedom is also
> recognized in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
> (Article 19), in other UN treaties, such as the Convention on the Rights of
> the Child (Article 13), and in all three main regional human rights
> instruments (Africa, the Americas and Europe).
>
> Despite these guarantees, censorship remains a reality as humankind embarks
> on the 21st century. Political and commercial pressures on independent news
> reporting are ever-present and freedom of speech on the Internet is under
> serious threat in many parts of the world. The right to freedom of
> expression is also increasingly under threat from significantly enhanced
> State powers to monitor and intercept communications around the world. It
> is crucial that the international community adopts robust rules and
> mechanisms to secure effectively the confidentiality of private
> communications. It is therefore urgent that we renew global commitment to
> freedom of information and expression  as “the touchstone of all freedoms
> to which the United Nations is consecrated”, as stated in The United
> Nations General Assembly in Resolution 59(I), adopted at its very first
> session in 1946.
>
> Inclusiveness
> International human rights treaties include many provisions designed to
> guarantee inclusiveness, such as universal access to information and
> knowledge, universal access to education, protection of the cultural life
> of communities and equal sharing of advancements in science and technology