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Subject: Law and Political ScienceDigital rights and citizenship
Legislation has been enacted to protect people's digital rights in the digital era and foster digitally responsible citizenship. This Library Guide covers not only digital competencies and the divide in this area, but also digital ethics and the vulnerabilities that can be encountered online.
What are digital rights?
German media outlet introducing the term "digital rights" and how they are recognized by the United Nations. It also explains the challenges related to digital rights that governments face.
Infographic on human rights in the age of the Internet, and how it affects each country. It also explains how different governments use Internet users' data.
Ranking listing the 26 digital and telecommunications platforms in the world in the last 10 years, and how they defend human rights.
Charter of Digital Rights published in 2021, which sets out the rights of citizens and companies in the digital sphere. It covers digital rights in specific environments, among other issues.
The Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles presents the EU's commitment to a safe, secure and sustainable digital transformation that is focused on people, in line with the EU's fundamental values and fundamental rights.
European Commission website explaining the key points of the EU Declaration on European Digital Rights and Principles.
United Nations report on the measures to be taken to achieve secure and universal digital connectivity, through digital public goods.
Key recommendations proposed by the United Nations as a roadmap to human rights being implemented online: data protection and privacy issues, digital identity, the use of surveillance technologies, and more.
The main United Nations website on the digital world and human rights, setting out its work and initiatives in progress.
Article in the Spanish journal Revista de las Cortes Generales that looks at the context, concept and implementation of Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on Personal Data Protection and the guarantee of digital rights, and the new content included in the Spanish Charter of Digital Rights.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading non-profit organization working to defend civil liberties in the digital world. Its mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all the peoples of the world.
Librarians responsible for this library guide
Elisabet Cervera
Operative subgroup: Librarian for Law and Political Science, Doctoral School Operative group: Library for Learning