GENEVA DECLARATION ON INTERNET FREEDOM

Article 1
Everyone has the right to equal access to the Internet, regardless of race, religion, ethnic or geographical origin.

Article 2
Everyone has the right to the free flow of information and freedom of expression without fear of discrimination.

Article 3
Everyone has the right to a transparent and open Internet without the subjection of individual licensing or prohibitive, discriminatory requirements such as heavy tolls.

Article 4
Everyone has the right to preserve and protect their intellectual property, kept private and confidential from invasion, seizure or monitoring.

Article 5
Everyone has a right to protect Internet access, Internet infrastructure and communication technologies from government seizure.

Article 6
Everyone has a right to anonymity and online privacy, free from intrusive monitoring by the state or third parties.

Article 7
Everyone has the right to encrypt or otherwise secure their identities and the security of their information as it travels across the Internet, to protect themselves and their information from unwarranted monitoring.

Article 8
No one should be allowed to export or sell technologies, equipment or software that enables the restriction of Internet use or access for the purpose of violating human rights.

Article 9
Internet providers should not be allowed to provide governments, corporations or third parties any information about their users without their legal consent.

Article 10
Any attempt to restrict or intimidate people from free, uncensored, and secure access of the Internet constitutes a fundamental abridgement of human rights and undermines the promotion of peace and world order.

Article 11
The rights and freedoms set out in this Declaration are guaranteed subject only to such reasonable limits, prescribed by law, as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.