Birth of Digital Human Rights

Rebekah Dowd is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Midwestern University in Texas. Rebekah’s research focuses on human rights within data policy, the online behavior of individuals and states, and policy decision-making by European politicians. Dr. Dowd teaches courses in global studies, international relations, comparative and foundational politics, European politics, and international political economy.

• Introduction: Digital Data as a Political Object.- Chapter 1: Digital Data Protection as a Human Right.- Chapter 2: The Early Years: National Origins of Digital Human Rights.- Chapter 3: EU-level.- Chapter 4: Digital Human Rights Expansion by Epistemic Actors, and the Role of Working Party 29.- Chapter 5: Exporting the digital human Rights Norm.- Chapter 6: The Future of Technology and Digital Human Rights.