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Freedom of expression and assembly onlineWhile the internet is creating new opportunities for freedom of expression and assembly as more and more people are using it to find information and to share their views on a variety of platforms including the social media, there are disturbing trends of increased governmental interference, in particular in the East and in the South. They pose new challenges to freedom of expression and assembly online. The Council of Europe is one of the main organizations, which have taken on this challenge. It has recently elaborated also a guide on human rights for internet users, which should make them more aware of their rights and existing remedies, also with regard to the social media.This cluster takes off with a solid introduction into the matter by three academics who all have published recent books on the matter. It then gives the floor to practitioners from the media and the Council of Europe before representatives from Google and Facebook will give their side of the story. In addition, participants will discuss major issues in multi-stakeholder workshops.Among the questions to be discussed are:What are the main challenges to freedom of expression and assembly in the information society today?Where do journalists see the main threats, but also opportunities to freedom of expression online?How is the Council of Europe contributing do protecting freedom of expression and assembly online?Which rights do users have in the social networks and how can they make best use of them?
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Cluster C: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ASSEMBLY ONLINE
Cluster Responsible: Prof. Wolfgang BENEDEK, University of Graz
Sessions hrs
MONDAY 30 June
TUESDAY 1 July
WEDNESDAY 2 July
THURSDAY 3 July
FRIDAY 4 July
SATURDAY 5 July
9.30
11.00 Wolfgang Benedek
Introduction into information society and
human rights
Wolfgang Benedek
Freedom of expression online: the right and its
exceptions
Silvia Grundmann
Contributions by the Council of Europe on freedom of expression online and challenges
for future
Silvia Grundmann
Council of Europe Action on Freedom of Expression
Marco Pancini
Google and freedom of expression: do no evil?
Conclusion of the week
11.00
11.30 Break
11.30
13.00 Rikke Joergensen
Framing the net: the internet and human rights
Jean-Paul Marthoz
Safety of Journalists and freedom of expression
Matthias Kettemann
Freedom of expression in the practice of European courts
Matthias Kettemann
Freedom of expression and global internet surveillance
Anton Maria Battesti
Facebook: freedom of expression and protection of privacy
Conclusion of the week
13.00
14.30 Lunch
14.30
16.30 Benedek/Jorgensen
Workshop
Main challenges to freedom of expression in the information society
Jean-Paul Marthoz
Workshop
Mapping the global campaign on internet
freedom: the perspective of journalists
Free Benedek/Grundmann
Workshop
Council of Europe: the guidelines on human rights
of internet users with a focus on freedom of expression
(2014)
Battesti/Pancini
Workshop
Which rights do users have in private spaces? The role of internet
service providers and social networks
Free
VENICE SCHOOL OF HUMAN RIGHTS 27 June - 5 July 2014
EIUC Monastery of San Nicolò Riviera San Nicolò 26 30126 Venice Lido, Italy
