Examining the nexus between ICTs and human rights in Uganda : a survey of the key issues

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2009

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Human Rights and Peace Centre, Makerere University, Kampala, UG

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to facilitate understanding of the legal policies on ICTs and Human Rights in Uganda, and to illuminate the rationale and regulatory logic for policies with regard to technological and human rights challenges. The paper analyzes the legal framework and policy in terms of the right to privacy, access to information, censorship, freedom of expression and hate speech. Among key issues of concern are questions of national security and the ‘fight against terrorism’, interception of private communication and correspondence, digital censorship and surveillance of the Internet, as well as interference with mobile telephone communications.

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Meeting: International Workshop on the Nexus between ICTs and Human Rights in Africa, 2-4 April, 2009, Kampala, UG

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SOUTH OF SAHARA, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT), HUMAN RIGHTS, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PRIVACY PROTECTION, UGANDA

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