This is the official website set up for the “Human Rights in the Digital Era” Conference, which is hosted by the University of Leeds. This Conference is an initiative of the School of Law at Leeds University and is organized in collaboration with the Institute of Communication Studies at PVAC, Leeds University. The aim of our conference is to produce an account of the current situation online and define the significance that human rights hold within a digital environment. This event intends to inform and stimulate debate between academics and postgraduate students from different backgrounds and disciplines, highlight the dangers that human rights face online and suggest ways to overcome them.
The conference will be held on the 16th of September 2011 at the School of Law in Leeds, is planned to last one day (9-6) and will include four plenary sessions on the following areas:
1. Access Denied: From Online Access to Net Neutrality
2. Digital Policy: CTRL Extreme Content, ALTernative Threats, DELETE freedom of expression?
3. Behind the Firewall: The Right to Forget, the Right to Online Identity and Other Tales from the Digital Woods.
4. Publishing in the Online Wild West: ESCaping Privacy
The Conference is sponsored by ESSL and PVAC funds
Please note that only a limited number of delegates will be accepted for registration due to limited space of the venue. Registration is now available via the tab above.
This website provides all necessary information regarding the venue, the organizing team and the participating speakers. For any questions, please contact digitalrights@leeds.ac.uk or lwak@leeds.ac.uk.