Course Description

“For the internet to remain global and open, it is imperative that countries, including those
currently lacking capacity to adequately deal with security concerns, to adopt a growth-
and freedom-oriented, participative, bottom-up perspective on security that has human rights
at its core.” (Joint Governmental Statement at UN Human Rights Council in June 2013)

Course Structure

The first part of the course will provide an overview of the current state of international and
regional human rights regimes and their efforts to protect freedom rights while also ensuring
private security.

The second part will then go into the evolution of human rights, their violations and protection
mechanism in era of the internet.
Week 1: An introduction to public privacy, cyber security and human rights
Week 2: Yours and the rights of others: civic and social human rights
Week 3: Human rights cyber regime
Week 4: Agencies for the human rights cyber space
Week 5: Security, human rights and privacy assurance through Internet
Week 6: E-democracy and social networks
Week 7: Public versus State Sovereignty
Week 8: Public Privacy, internet freedom and state responsibility.

Course Format

The course will be hosted online and will consist of lectures by the instructor, as well as guest
lectures and exclusive interviews with respective stakeholders. Additional reading material,
animations and images will support each learning objective. Students will be assessed through
quizzes, peer-to-peer review and their participation in interactive discussion forums.