Background on Communication Rights

     Communication and Society Today and Tomorrow. UNESCO,
1980. 

     The No-Nonsense Guide to the Right of Information 

     Assessing Communication Rights: A Handbook 

     No-Nonsense Guide to Communication Rights

What are communication rights? How do they relate to human r        riights? How do they differ from “freedom of expression?”

       Panos London, Illuminating Voices 

       The Case for Communication and Development 

‘Much more could have been achieved’: Civil Society Statement on the World Summit on the Information Society

What are Communication Rights?

“The freedom to express your opinion: that is a basic human right, and a basic communication right.” (5:15 min)

    This 3-minute long animation on aspects of communication rights is intended as a discussion starter. The issues it covers are by no means complete and raise questions rather than provide answers.