“This is a campaign for human rights but also a campaign for dignity everywhere,” says Rui Gomes in an upbeat assessment of the first 100 days of the organisation’s online campaign against hate speech.
In his podcast message, Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, says: “Bloggers, reporting citizens and others have joined traditional journalists in the ranks of those who are at risk of retaliation by state authorities or interest groups.”
Uruguay will become the first non-European state and the 45th country to become a party to the Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, also known as ‘Convention 108’ and its Additional Protocol.
A strong Council of Europe presence is expected at a Vienna internet policy conference organised by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) which opens today.
“I’m very cautious about controlling the media because it always leads to something bad – it always leads to misuse of power.,” says Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland in an interview published by the Financial Times.
