Factors Affecting Access to Electronic Informaitn and Their Implications

Author(s):  
G. Kebede

Information is a key ingredient in everyday life of the individual and the society at large. Information has become increasingly more important with the emergence of information society. Information and knowledge are key resources, and generation and communication of these is the mainstay of the workforce in the emerging information society. Because of the value that information has in the day-to-day life and development of human beings, the right to information is held as a basic right of individuals in many countries. Information and knowledge exist in oral, print, and electronic forms. However, information and knowledge have little value unless they are accessed when needed in a form they are needed. If access to existing information does not take place, the potential benefits of possessing of information will be lost. In other words, the key to unleashing the benefits of information and knowledge is effective access to them. As such access to information is recognized to be an instrument to help citizens to realize their own potential; to increase their skills, knowledge and capacity; and to take part in and benefit from information society (FARN, 2001). Scientific progress also depends upon the accessibility of existing scientific knowledge upon which new knowledge is built.

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-466
Author(s):  
TUMMALA. SAI MAMATA

A river flows serenely accepting all the miseries and happiness that it comes across its journey. A tree releases oxygen for human beings despite its inner plights. The sun is never tired of its duty and gives sunlight without any interruption. Why are all these elements of nature so tuned to? Education is knowledge. Knowledge comes from learning. Learning happens through experience. Familiarity is the master of life that shapes the individual. Every individual learns from nature. Nature teaches how to sustain, withdraw and advocate the prevailing situations. Some dwell into the deep realities of nature and nurture as ideal human beings. Life is a puzzle. How to solve it is a million dollar question that can never be answered so easily. The perception of life changes from individual to individual making them either physically powerful or feeble. Society is not made of only individuals. Along with individuals it has nature, emotions, spiritual powers and superstitious beliefs which bind them. Among them the most crucial and alarming is the emotions which are interrelated to others. Alone the emotional intelligence is going to guide the life of an individual. For everyone there is an inner self which makes them conscious of their deeds. The guiding force should always force the individual to choose the right path.  Writers are the powerful people who have rightly guided the society through their ingenious pen outs.  The present article is going to focus on how the major elements bound together are dominating the individual’s self through Rabindranath Tagore’s Home and the World (1916)


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-178
Author(s):  
Muhammad Azzam Alfarizi

The inherent right of the individual is an affirmation that human beings must be treated properly and civilized and must be respected, as the sounding of the second precept is: "Just and Civilized Humanity". Human rights are manifestations of the third principle, namely: "Indonesian Unity". If all rights are fulfilled, reciprocally the unity and integrity will be created. Rights are also protected and upheld as is the agreement of the fourth precepts that reads: "Democracy Led by Wisdom in Consultation / Representation". Human Rights also recognizes the right of every person for the honor and protection of human dignity and dignity, which is in accordance with the fifth precepts which read: "Social Justice for All Indonesian People" PASTI Values ​​which are the core values ​​of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights which is an acronym of Professional, Accountable, Synergistic, Transparent and Innovative is an expression of the performance of the immigration apparatus in providing human rights based services. If these values ​​are in line with the values ​​contained in Pancasila, the criteria for evaluating human rights-based public services are based on the accessibility and availability of facilities; the availability of alert officers and compliance of officials, employees, and implementers of Service Standards for each service area will be easily achieved. It is fitting that immigration personnel in providing services must be in accordance with the principles of human rights-based services and in harmony with the Pancasila philosophy. This is as an endeavor in fulfilling service needs in accordance with the mandate of the 1945 Constitution, provisions of applicable laws and human rights principles for every citizen and population for services provided by the government in this case Immigration.  


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Shishir H. Mandalia

Reading plays a vital role in life of a human. Reading provides experience through which the individual may expand his horizons of knowledge, identify, extend and intensify his interest and gains deeper understanding of himself, of other human beings and of the world. The study carried out to assess the reading habits of user of Sardar Patel University, VallabhVidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat. As a research tool; questionnaire was used for the data collection. Collected data were analyzed and tables were used to present the results of findings. Reading especially is a resource for continued education, for the acquisition of new knowledge and skills, for gaining information through media, especially newspapers, books, radio, television, and the computers. In this article investigator attempts to investigate the reading habits of users of the university.


2021 ◽  
pp. 35-36
Author(s):  
Chetna Thakur ◽  
Bhawani Shankar Modi ◽  
Tejendra Singh

Introduction: Human beings are considered to be bilaterally symmetrical. However, there is no symmetry in the length of the feet irrespective of sex or handedness. The hand length could predict bodyweight and body surface area independent of the sex of the individual. But there was no so much data available in the literature showing the relationship between hand length and foot length. Aim and objective: The present study was conducted to derive the correlation between hand length and foot length and the results demonstrate that there was highly signicant correlation between them. Material and Methods:Across sectional study was carried out on 200 healthy and normal adult professional students of either sex (100 Male and 100 Female), age between 18-25 years. Result:the hand length and foot length were compared between the right and left sides, the data showed that the signicant difference between males and females on both sides was highly signicant for all the parameters measured with p value < 0.01 Conclusion:The results of current study indicate that if the hand length is known, foot length can be predicted and if the foot length is known, hand length can be predicted and vice versa.


Author(s):  
Nizar Smitha

This chapter examines Article 10 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which affirms every human being’s right to life. It first explores the efforts made by the drafters of the CRPD to frame the right to life of all human beings. It further examines the wider meaning of the right to life and its application, and traces the interpretation given by the CRPD Committee in its concluding observations. In order to understand the micro-level application of the right, the chapter examines the interpretation and its application by domestic and regional courts. Finally, it explores the individual complaints made under the optional protocol and the consequent interpretation provided. This is done to define the jurisprudence surrounding the right to life and the required measures to strengthen and facilitate its wider application as envisaged under the Convention.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 985-1004
Author(s):  
Anzhelika N. Izotova

The article is devoted to the regulation of communication privacy, which is not only a guarantee of the individual right to confidentiality and privacy, but also a necessary condition for the collective freedom of speech, trust in communication services, which is essential for formation of the information society. The right to communication privacy with the advent of new communication technologies is being transformed and expanded, which requires updating and harmonization of the legal framework. In this regard, the purpose of the research is to reveal problems and contradictions in updating legal regulation of communication privacy, including by analyzing legislation and existent scientific approaches to the content of communication privacy, description of mechanisms for both ensuring and limiting communication privacy, as well as interaction of legal entities regarding communication privacy. The relationship between Russian and European legislation, which regulate communication privacy (ePrivacy) have been considered in this paper. The research methodology is represented by such methods as dialectical, analysis, analogies, formal-legal, comparative methods of research activity. The work demonstrates different approaches to determining the content of the right to communication privacy, expanding the range of professional subjects of communication privacy, and loosening the mechanisms for limiting this right in the direction of its expansion in the context of interrelations between subjects of legal relations concerning communication privacy.


2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ermenegildo Spaziante

Nel quadro delle attuali problematiche concernenti la considerazione e la tutela della vita umana sin dal suo insorgere, l’Autore ha esaminato e comparato tre specifici aspetti statistici concernenti i fondamentali parametri della natalità, della mortalità infantile (nel primo anno di vita), la abortività indotta legalmente registrata, per una duplice coorte di Nazioni, l’una costitutita da venti Nazioni di livello socio-economico più elevato, l’altra relativa a venti Nazioni con sviluppo meno elevato, limitando il secondo gruppo ai primi due parametri, stante la diffusa difficoltà di collezionare dati attendibili per quanto concerne la abortività. Per le Nazioni del primo gruppo l’indagine ha prescelto quegli Stati che abitualmente pubblicano i dati statistici degli aborti legali. La comparazione fra i due termini di tempo, a distanza generalmente di quindici anni, consente un quadro abbastaza significativo delle rispettive incidense. La natalità è in via di progressivo e diffuso contenimento, sia pure con varia intensità. La mortalità infantile evidenzia la grande diversità delle situazioni e delle prospettive per la riduzione delle perdite di giovani vite, in rapporto anche con gli aspetti sociali, organizzativi e scientifici della sanità. L’abortività legalmente autorizzata e registrata nelle Nazioni più sviluppate presenta una grande diversità di incidenza statistica, anche nel tempo, e, piiù di recente, probabilmente in rapporto con le più recenti modalità di attuazione, che inducono alla interruzione della vita nascente anche fuori dell’ambiente ospedaliero ed in tempi sempre più precoci, con un crescente rilievo biologico, ma non meno importante per le implicazioni etiche. ---------- The review of the statistical data, comparing the two extremities of the time span considered (for the MDC 1984 and 2000, for the LDC 1982 and 2000), has brought into evidence some significant indications: a) The birth rate is generally in widespread decrease in the first group. The drop is more noted in Russia, Poland, Bulgaria as well as Japan, Canada and Romania. In three nations however is an inversion of this tendency, in varying degrees in Denmark, Norway, Netherlands. In the l.d.c., the drop birth rate is high in some (Iran, Algeria, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Bolivia). In others it is less marked (Mali, Uganda, Ethiopia). b) Infant mortality in the MDC is always more restained, the level emphasizes both the greater healht and social commitment and the scientific progress. In the LDC there is a great difference between those countries that have archieved a laudable progress in the control of this parameter (such as Bolivia, Senegal, Iran, Libya), even though not at the level of the MDC, and those countries where there is a high level of infant mortality, immediately after birth and in the first year of life, that is still very distant from usual, more normal levels of acceptability… and therefore with a high sociological significance that should provoke help from the luckier nations… c) With regard to provoked abortion that is legal and recorded, the statistics emphasize a disparity in the situation and the progression. In the nations of the former Soviet block that had highest levels of abortion, generally there is a drop in the rate although the parameter remains high. In the nations that were not under Marxist rule, generally the abortion rate remains more restained, with a few exceptions; despite this there are elements that lead to the new methods of pregnancy interruption outside of hospital structures and a more widespread use of contraception methods. From the group of indications that can be draw from the statistical data examined, it would seem desirable that there be an increase in conscience and there is a necessity of the promotion of a better culture and a more widespread diffusion of the ethics that surround the defence of the new life coming into being. This should become a fundamental objective of civilization, for a greater accettaption and the right for better protection of human beings at the beginning of life, and more high consideration for the suffering that accompanies not only infant mortality, but also abortion, in the preliminary decision of the woman (not always made freely!) and in the act of abortion itself, with the psychological, pathological and physical trauma that it incurs, that may remain in the memory of the woman as a shocking experience. It is therefore a problem essentially of humanity and civilization, that should be undertaken by the community in a framework that aims to extenuate the serious multiple factors of human existence and pain.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-157
Author(s):  
Lesya Chesnokova

The article examines the individual’s right to information privacy as an opportunity to have a non-public area of life. It is argued that a person, being a vulnerable creature, feels the need for secrecy, closeness and opacity of his or her personality. The right to information privacy does not mean complete concealment of private life, but the possibility of regulating access, when individuals can choose whom, when and to what extent to reveal the details of their lives. This presupposes both a person who feels him or herself to be an autonomous person and a society that respects his or her rights and freedoms. There is a duty of restraint and tact, which prohibits violating someone else’s privacy. As one of the aspects of privacy, in addition to the inviolability of the body and home, the human right to information protection is recognized. The theoretical foundation of the right to privacy is the philosophy of liberalism, which protects the individual from unwanted interference from the state and society. The need for private space has evolved in human history along with the growth of individualism. Currently, the right to information privacy is gaining special relevance in connection with the development of digital technologies that allow collecting, storing and processing large amounts of data. As a result, a person, on the one hand, does not know who, when and for what purpose collects his or her data, and, on the other hand, he or she often voluntarily, in connection with the need for social recognition, leaves information about him or herself on social networks. As a result of such actions, the loss of control over personal information can lead to undesirable consequences.


1988 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliot L. Richardson

On October 22, 1981, the Governments of Iceland and Norway approved an agreement for the joint management of the resources of the Jan Mayen continental shelf. Incorporating the recommendations of a three-member conciliation commission, the Agreement obviated the need to draw a line demarcating the right to exploit the nonliving resources in the disputed area. The proliferation of boundary disputes during the intervening 7 years makes this an appropriate time to look at the potential benefits of using this approach in other maritime boundary disputes. After reviewing the stages in the resolution of the Jan Mayen dispute and the terms of the Agreement, this essay will discuss other situations in which the joint development approach has been used, the factors affecting its success and some examples of current delimitation disputes where this approach may be applicable.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-62
Author(s):  
Zsolt Fegyveresi

"This study examines one of the basic rights of shareholders, the right to information in Hungarian and Romanian company law. The right to information is a non-property, organizational right originating from the shareholder’s membership right, which is related to the convening of the general meeting of the company limited by shares and the voting right that can be exercised there. The right to information is the individual right of the shareholder and the individual obligation of the company. The right to information belongs to all shareholders, regardless of the extent of their fi nancial contribution. The exercise of the right to information is a fundamental principle and serves the protection of the shareholder, but, in addition to its protective nature, it stands at the basis of the preparation of the decisions of the company’s shareholders."


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