Should Cybersecurity be a Human Right: Exploring the Shared Responsibility of Cyber Peace

Abstract

Having access to the Internet is increasingly considered to be an emerging human right. International organizations and national governments have begun to formally recognize its importance to freedom of speech, expression, and information exchange. The next step to help ensure some measure ofcyber peace online may be for cybersecurity to be recognized as a human right as well. This Article investigates the nuances of this debate and analyzes the implications of such a designation through the lens of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and cybersecurity due diligence movements. Ultimately, it is important to leverage an array of multidisciplinary tools from law, the social sciences, and the humanities to promote cyber peace such as by broadening workforce development programs and looking for lessons from related areas, such as sustainability. The literature on polycentric governance is used as a lens through which to view this effort.

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Publisher:
Stanford University Stanford, California
Citation(s):
  • Scott J. Shackelford, Should Cybersecurity be a Human Right: Exploring the Shared Responsibility of Cyber Peace, 55 Stan. J. Int'l L. 155 (2019).
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