Research Handbook on Human Rights and Digital Technology Global Politics, Law and International Relations
Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2nd ed. (2025), 428 pp.
Contains index
Series: Research Handbooks in Human Rights Series
ISBN 978-1-03530-850-7
"Bringing together perspectives from academia and practice, this second edition Research Handbook provides fresh insights into debates surrounding digital technology and how to respect and protect human rights in an increasingly digital world. New and updated chapters cover the issues posed by the management of key internet resources, the governance of its architecture and the role of different stakeholders." (Publisher description)
Introduction to the Research Handbook on Human Rights and Digital Technology / Ben Wagner, Matthias C. Kettemann, Kilian Vieth-Ditlmann and Susannah Montgomery, 1
PART I. CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
1 Sustaining human rights for internet futures / M.I. Franklin, 5
2 There are no rights ‘in’ cyberspace / Mark Graham, 26
3 Beyond national security, the emergence of a digital reason of state(s) led by transnational guilds of sensitive information: the case of the Five Eyes Plus network / Didier Bigo, 35
4 Online platforms, intermediary responsibility, and human rights: digital copyright as a site of multiple contestations in the EU / Benjamin Farrand, 54
PART II. SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: BETWEEN CYBERSECURITY AND CYBERCRIME
5 Cybersecurity and human rights / Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Camino Kavanagh, 70
6 Cybercrime, human rights and digital politics / Dominik Brodowski, 94
7 ‘This is not a drill’: international law and protection of cybersecurity / Matthias C. Kettemann and Martin Müller, 111
8 First do no harm: the potential of harm being caused to fundamental rights and freedoms by state cybersecurity interventions / Douwe Korff, 127
PART III. INTERNET ACCESS AND SURVEILLANCE: ASSESSING HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRACTICE
9 Relying on digital principles to complement existing rights: a human rights assessment of the 2022 European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles / Cristina Cocito and Paul De Hert, 168
10 Surveillance reform: revealing surveillance harms and engaging reform tactics / Evan Light and Jonathan A. Obar, 193
PART IV. AUTOMATION, TRADE AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: EMBEDDING RIGHTS IN TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE
11 Liability and automation in socio-technical systems / Giuseppe Contissa and Giovanni Sartor, 222
12 Digital technologies, human rights and global trade? Expanding export controls of surveillance technologies in Europe, China and India / Ben Wagner and Stéphanie Horth, 243
13 Policing ‘online radicalization’: the framing of Europol’s Internet Referral Unit / Kilian Vieth-Ditlmann, 263
PART V. ACTORS’ PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS: HOW CAN CHANGE HAPPEN?
14 When private actors govern human rights / Rikke Frank Jørgensen, 290
15 International organizations and digital human rights / Wolfgang Benedek, 311
16 Recognizing children’s rights in relation to the digital environment: challenges of voice and evidence, principle and practice / Amanda Third, Sonia Livingstone and Gerison Lansdown, 327
17 Silencing identities: LGBTI rights in the digital age / Monika Zalnieriute, 363
18 Digital cultural sovereignty: navigating the digital landscape of European Cultural Heritage Institutions with a decolonial lens / Susannah Montgomery and Ben Wagner, 391
PART I. CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
1 Sustaining human rights for internet futures / M.I. Franklin, 5
2 There are no rights ‘in’ cyberspace / Mark Graham, 26
3 Beyond national security, the emergence of a digital reason of state(s) led by transnational guilds of sensitive information: the case of the Five Eyes Plus network / Didier Bigo, 35
4 Online platforms, intermediary responsibility, and human rights: digital copyright as a site of multiple contestations in the EU / Benjamin Farrand, 54
PART II. SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: BETWEEN CYBERSECURITY AND CYBERCRIME
5 Cybersecurity and human rights / Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Camino Kavanagh, 70
6 Cybercrime, human rights and digital politics / Dominik Brodowski, 94
7 ‘This is not a drill’: international law and protection of cybersecurity / Matthias C. Kettemann and Martin Müller, 111
8 First do no harm: the potential of harm being caused to fundamental rights and freedoms by state cybersecurity interventions / Douwe Korff, 127
PART III. INTERNET ACCESS AND SURVEILLANCE: ASSESSING HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRACTICE
9 Relying on digital principles to complement existing rights: a human rights assessment of the 2022 European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles / Cristina Cocito and Paul De Hert, 168
10 Surveillance reform: revealing surveillance harms and engaging reform tactics / Evan Light and Jonathan A. Obar, 193
PART IV. AUTOMATION, TRADE AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: EMBEDDING RIGHTS IN TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE
11 Liability and automation in socio-technical systems / Giuseppe Contissa and Giovanni Sartor, 222
12 Digital technologies, human rights and global trade? Expanding export controls of surveillance technologies in Europe, China and India / Ben Wagner and Stéphanie Horth, 243
13 Policing ‘online radicalization’: the framing of Europol’s Internet Referral Unit / Kilian Vieth-Ditlmann, 263
PART V. ACTORS’ PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS: HOW CAN CHANGE HAPPEN?
14 When private actors govern human rights / Rikke Frank Jørgensen, 290
15 International organizations and digital human rights / Wolfgang Benedek, 311
16 Recognizing children’s rights in relation to the digital environment: challenges of voice and evidence, principle and practice / Amanda Third, Sonia Livingstone and Gerison Lansdown, 327
17 Silencing identities: LGBTI rights in the digital age / Monika Zalnieriute, 363
18 Digital cultural sovereignty: navigating the digital landscape of European Cultural Heritage Institutions with a decolonial lens / Susannah Montgomery and Ben Wagner, 391
