Working Group 2, ‘Digital Development and Openness’, aimed to provide a timely contribution to new and arising challenges for promoting the respect for human rights online and connecting the established rule of law community with the Internet freedom community. Although the salient value of the rule of law at both the national and international level is now well recognized, actions to further strengthen rule of law principles and good practices rarely include Internet-related aspects. The Working Group analysed scenarios where the application of the rule of law online fails to promote these values and highlighted areas where further research should be undertaken to meet the Group’s aim.
View past blog posts contributed as part of WG2’s activities via the links below:
Blog #1: Applying the Rule of Law Online
Blog #2: Direct Access Systems and the Right to Privacy by Lisl Brunner and Patrik Hiselius
Blog #3: Pinpointing where rule of law meets human rights online by Jessica Dhere
Blog #4: The Rule of Law(s) and the cross-border internet by Paul Fehlinger
Blog #6: Internet Governance and the Rule of Law by Andrii Paziuk
The views expressed in this blog represent the views of individual authors, informed by the Working Group’s goals, themes, and recommendations. They do not represent the views of the Freedom Online Coalition or its members.
