| New Tools for Old Traumas: Using 21st Century Technologies to Combat Human Rights Atrocities
Dreier, Sarah; Schulz, William F.
Center for American Progress, October 26, 2009, online edition, 40p (PDF)
"Steady increases in technological sophistication over the past 10 to 20 years have helped millions of people come a bit closer to realizing social and economic rights such as the rights to food, clothing, housing, and medical care. These technological advances are also having a major impact on the struggle for civil and political rights."
William F. Schulz is a Senior Fellow in human rights policy at the Center for American Progress and served as Executive Director of Amnesty International USA from 1994 to 2006. Sarah K. Dreier is a researcher at the Center for American Progress.
Go to the report at:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/10/pdf/science_human_rights.pdf
A17/05-09. Posted December 4, 2009
|
