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of media and information and communication facilities in all countries;
(e) to provide women and girls with access to effective remedies for violation of
the right to
freedom of opinion and expression, and to ensure that there is no
impunity for gender-based violence, including sexual violence, used to
intimidate women and girls who are exercising their right to freedom of opinion
and expression;
Further in the United Nations General assembly held on 14 July, 2014 the following
resolution was adopted:
26/13 the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human life on the Internet
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noting that the exercise human rights in particular the right to freedom of
expression on the Internet is an issue of increasing interest and importance as
the rapid pace of technological development enables individuals all over the
world to use new information and communication technologies
noting also the importance of building confidence and trust in the Internet, not
least with regard to freedom of expression, privacy and other human rights so
that the potential of the Internet as interalia an enabler for development and
innovation can be realised.
Emphasising that access to information on the Internet facilitates vast
opportunities for affordable and inclusive education globally, thereby being an
important tool to facilitate the promotion of the right to education, while
underlining the need to address digital literacy and the digital divide, as it
affects the enjoyment of the right to education
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Considering the importance of government engagement with all relevant
stakeholders including civil society, private sector and technical community and
academia protecting in promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms
online,
1.affirms that the same rights that people have off-line must also be
protected online, in particular freedom of expression, which is applicable
regardless of frontiers and through any media of one's choice, in accordance
article 19 of the universal declaration of human rights and International
covenant on civil and political rights;
2. Recognises the global and open nature of the Internet as a driving force in
accelerating progress towards tdevelopment in its various forms;
3.Calls upon all States to promote and facilitate access to the Internet and
international cooperation in the development of media and information and
communication facilities and technologies in all countries;
4.Affirms that quality education plays a decisive role in the world and
therefore calls upon all States to promote digital literacy and to facilitate
access to information on the Internet, which can be an important role in
facilitating the promotion of the right to education;
5.Calls upon all States to address security concerns on the Internet in
accordance with the international human rights obligation to ensure protection
of freedom of expression and freedom of association privacy and other human
rights online including through National Democratic transparent institutions
based on the rule of law in a way that ensures freedom and security on the
Internet so that can continue to be vibrant force that generates economic social
and cultural development
6.Stresses the importance of combating advocacy of hatred that constitutes
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