Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights

The report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications refers to the need for maintaining an open architecture of the Internet as a vital condition to ensure this basic human right. IT for change contirbuted to the preperation of the report by participating in the experts’ meeting on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications (Geneva, 5-6 December 2011).