Communicating the Right to Development

Towards Human Rights-Based Communication Policies in Third World Countries

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ID9848898
AutoresAnk Linden (autor correspondente)
Ano1999
Volume61
Fascículo5
Páginas411-432
Data de publicação1999-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGazette (Leiden Netherlands (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0016-5492 • E-ISSN: 1460-3594
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0016549299061005004
OpenAlexW2171510736
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas7

The design of a human rights-based framework for communication policies in Third World countries is the main focus of this article. This instrument aims to promote the independence of public media, to increase people's access to public means of information and communication, and to ensure that these media are not abused as a vehicle or legitimation of human rights violations. It takes into account the rights and obligations of the four major parties involved: individuals in Third World countries, as the central subjects of development and active participants in and beneficiaries of the development process; formal Third World state representatives; donor governments, as bilateral partners of Third World governments; and the international community. It hopes to achieve this, finally, through a revision of political power structures in Third World countries, a greater impact of donor conditionalities and a better use of the international community's strategic position to promote universal respect for, and observance and protection of, all human rights and fundamental freedoms

Business · Development economics · Economics · Human rights · Independence (probability theory · International community · Legitimation · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Public relations · Third world · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid · Law