"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers". ARTICLE 19 - Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Areas
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON INFORMATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS

What is the Congress’ scope?

The Congress will focus on the role of public information in three areas:

1- The State as a provider of public information to lend transparency to its policies, develop democracy, and promote the development of Human Rights.

2- The new role of information units vis-à-vis Human Rights.

3- Citizens and the culture of Human Rights information.

Thematic Axes

1.- INFORMATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Right to public information

Right to accurate information

Law (compared) to the protection of personal data

2.- INFORMATION AND EDUCATION

Education in human rights

Education, peace and development

Education and democracy

Education and environment

Scientific education, technical, cultural and permanent

3.- INFORMATION AGAINS TAMPERING

Criminal

Political and social

Economic and business

Cybernetics

Information Literacy and Information Technology are present in the three thematic axes.

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