Human rights and encryption

Abstract

The study provides an overview of encryption technologies and their impact on human rights. It analyzes in-depth the role of encryption in the media and communications landscape, and the impact on different services, entities and end users. It highlights good practices and examines the legal environment surrounding encryption as well as various case studies of encryption policies. Built on this exploration and analysis, the research provides recommendations on encryption policy that are useful for various stakeholders. These include signaling the need to counter the lack of gender sensitivity in the current debate, and also highlighting ideas for enhancing “encryption literacy”.

encryption, frontpage, Human rights, unesco

Bibtex

Report{Schulz2016, title = {Human rights and encryption}, author = {Schulz, W. and van Hoboken, J.}, url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/human_rights_and_encryption.pdf}, year = {1201}, date = {2016-12-01}, abstract = {The study provides an overview of encryption technologies and their impact on human rights. It analyzes in-depth the role of encryption in the media and communications landscape, and the impact on different services, entities and end users. It highlights good practices and examines the legal environment surrounding encryption as well as various case studies of encryption policies. Built on this exploration and analysis, the research provides recommendations on encryption policy that are useful for various stakeholders. These include signaling the need to counter the lack of gender sensitivity in the current debate, and also highlighting ideas for enhancing “encryption literacy”.}, keywords = {encryption, frontpage, Human rights, unesco}, }