Rights 2.0

Is unrestricted Internet access a modern human right?

DAVID ROTHKOPF

NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO enshrine fundamental rights for everyone— and for generations. Such documents are also products of moments in time and reflect perceptions of life in those moments. That’s why the best of them, like the U.S. Constitution, contain the seeds of their own reinvention. Indeed, the secret to a sustainable constitution is that it both captures what is enduring and anticipates the need to change. Over the years, the U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times—the first 10 being the Bill of Rights, of course—to ensure that it stays current with prevailing views of what is fundamental or best for the United States. Among the finest examples of the Constitution’s adaptability to shifting and maturing norms are the 13th Amendment, which ended slavery, and the 15th and 19th…

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Foreign Policy (Digital) - 1 Issue, January - February 2015

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