PDF - The rule of law on the Internet and in the wider digital world (Extracts Turkish version) (2014)

ABBREVIATIONS
EXECUTIVE  SUMMARY
A new environment for human activities
The nature of the digital environment
The rule of law in the digital environment
The issues, and the balance between them
THE COMMISSIONER’S RECOMMENDATIONS
I. On the universality of human rights, and their equal application online and offline
II. On data protection
III. On Cybercrime
IV. On jurisdiction
V. On human rights and private entities
VI. On blocking and filtering
VII. On national security activities
INTRODUCTION
1. A NEW ENVIRONMENT FOR HUMAN ACTIVITIES
1.1. Political, social, cultural and human rights activities
1.2. Cybercrime, cybersecurity, terrorism and national security
2. THE NATURE OF THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT
2.1. Dangerous data
2.2. Global and private, but not in the sky
2.3. Who is in control?
3. THE RULE OF LAW IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT
3.1. The rule of law
3.2. The basic “rule of law” tests developed by the European Court of Human Rights
3.3. “Everyone”, without discrimination
3.4. “Within [a contracting state’s] [territory and] jurisdiction”
3.5. Human rights and private entities
3.6. Exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction by states
4. THE ISSUES, AND THE BALANCE BETWEEN THEM
4.1. The issues
4.2. Freedom of expression
4.3. Privatised law enforcement
4.4. Data protection
4.5. Cybercrime
4.6. National security
4.7. The delicate (and unresolved) balances