Keystones to foster inclusive knowledge societies: access to information and knowledge, freedom of expression, privacy, and ethics on a global internet

The transnational and multi-dimensional nature of Cyberspace and its growing importance presents new frontiers with unparalleled opportunities and challenges for access to information and knowledge, freedom of expression, privacy and ethics. The Internet Study being undertaken by UNESCO is seeking to provide the necessary clarity to support holistic approaches to addressing this broad range of interrelated issues as well as their short and long-term effects. The study was built on a year-long multistakeholder consultation process, which involved several rounds of consultation with member states and other actors, as well as almost 200 major responses to an online questionnaire. The Study includes the Options for future actions of UNESCO in the Internet related issues, which has served as a basis for the Outcome Document as adopted by the CONNECTing the Dots Conference on 3 and 4 March 2015. The Study also affirmed that the same rights that people have offline must be protected online, and good practices are shared between Member States and other stakeholders, in order to address security and privacy concerns on the Internet and in accordance with international human rights obligations. The Study also supports the Internet Universality principles (R.O.A.M) that promote a human rights-based approach, including freedom of expression, privacy, open Internet, accessible to all and characterized by multistakeholder participation

New Approaches to HIV Prevention: Accelerating Research and Ensuring Future Access

Summarizes the state of research on new HIV prevention approaches and recommends ways to accelerate research and ensure rapid access to new prevention methods

Giving Children a Voice: Investigation of children's participation in consultation and decision making in Irish hospitals

The purpose of this study was to investigate sick children’s experiences of participation in consultation and decision-making within the healthcare setting. The specific objectives were: to describe children’s experiences of consultation in the healthcare setting; to identify the factors that enhance children’s involvement in consultation and the decisionmaking process; to identify the factors that hinder children from involvement in consultation and the decisionmaking process; to explore strategies that will empower children to participate in their own healthcare decisions

Civil Society Monitoring Report 2012

TUSEV published the first Civil Society Monitoring Report in 2011 in order to more closely observe and evaluate developments in the area of civil society. The purposes of this report are for civil society to be recognized, better understood and bring awareness to challenges faced, as well as portraying developments over the past ten years. We believe that the favorable assessment of the Civil Society Monitoring Report by the representatives of civil society and the various institutions in the international arena is a significant progress. The Civil Society Monitoring Report 2012 presents the developments and achievements in the area of civil society, as well as the shortcomings and difficulties observed in practice within the period of 2011-2012. Also, the report compares findings of this year with the previous year

Child Abuse Programme Guiding Principles: Background and a More Detailed Elaboration of the Programmatic Implications of the Guiding Principles

Oak Foundation's Child Abuse Programme puts the child at the centre of all the work it supports. This statement has guided the foundation's work over the past decade, and we now feel that it is time to clarify and expand on this, with some additional details and reflection on each of the principles that help frame what we do.The work of the Child Abuse Programme is guided by six interrelated and mutually reinforcing principles.The foundational principle is that the work we support is child right's based. Thisi s a stand alone principle and one that is achieved through the integration and operation of five other core principles.The foundation's work is not operational, and so primarily these principles will be reflected through the work they support that is implemented by their partners