Submission to the draft Migration Assurance Policy - Improving the transition to the fixed-line national broadband network review


Autoria(s): Cradduck, Lucy M.
Data(s)

01/10/2015

Resumo

The rights of individuals to self-determination and participation in social, political and economic life are recognised and supported by Articles 1, 3 and 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966.4 Article 1 of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council’s Resolution on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights on the Internet of July 2012 confirms individuals have the same rights online as offline. Access to the internet is essential and as such the UN: Calls upon all States to promote and facilitate access to the Internet and international cooperation aimed at the development of media and information and communications facilities in all countries (Article 3) Accordingly, access to the internet per se is a fundamental human right, which requires direct State recognition and support.5 The obligations of the State to ensure its citizens are able, and are enabled, to access the internet, are not matters that should be delegated to commercial parties. Quite simply – access to the internet, and high-speed broadband, by whatever means are “essential services” and therefore “should be treated as any other utility service”...

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/89499/

Publicador

Department of Communications and the Arts

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/89499/1/Dr%20Lucy%20Cradduck%20submission%2020%2008%202015.pdf

https://www.communications.gov.au/sites/g/files/net301/f/webform/hys/doc/Dr%20Lucy%20Cradduck%20submission%2020%2008%202015.pdf

Cradduck, Lucy M. (2015) Submission to the draft Migration Assurance Policy - Improving the transition to the fixed-line national broadband network review. Department of Communications and the Arts.

Direitos

Copyright 2015 The Author(s)

Fonte

Faculty of Law; School of Law

Palavras-Chave #180115 Intellectual Property Law #180119 Law and Society #NBN #broadband #access #individuals
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Other