New Full Text Report and Database: “Principles for Governing the Internet: A Comparative Analysis”

The following report was published online today by UNESCO. It’s the sixth report in UNESCO Internet Freedom series.
From UNESCO:

This study encompasses both quantitative and qualitative assessments of more than 50 declarations, guidelines, and frameworks.
The issues contained in these documents are assessed in the context of UNESCO’s  interested areas such as access, freedom of expression, privacy, ethics, Priority Gender Equality, and Priority Africa, and sustainable development, etc.
This publication shows that while each of the reviewed Internet documents has its own value, none of them fully meet UNESCO’s interests and mandate. The study proposes therefore the concept of “Internet Universality” as the Organisation’s own clear identifier for approaching the various fields of Internet issues and their intersections with UNESCO concerns.
Internet Universality highlights the contribution that can be made by an Internet that is based on four principles, recognised by UNESCO governing bodies. An Internet developed on these principles would be: human Rights-based; Open; Accessible to all; and governed through Multi-stakeholder participation (summarized in the acronym R.O.A.M.).
[Our emphasis] As a background database to illustrate this study and a useful online web source for policy makers and other stakeholders, UNESCO has launched a webpage collecting and updating various international and regional instruments, as well as declarations of various meetings that relate to the areas of access, freedom of expression, privacy and ethics.

Direct to Background Database
Direct to Full Text Report: Principles for Governing the Internet: A Comparative Analysis (91 pages; PDF)

Principles for Governing the Internet: A Comparative Analysis by LJ's infoDOCKET

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