El rol de los parlamentos en garantizar el acceso universal a internet como derecho humano

Abstract

The transformations that humanity has undergone in recent decades, since the invention of the computer, the Internet and –more recently–robotics, 3D printing, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, among others, raise the urgent need to provide a protection framework that advances a new “generation” of rights. A “fourth generation” of rights must include, among others, the right to information, to an Open State, to a full democracy, to privacy in the digital era, to digital equality and inclusion. In the past,as the protection frameworks for the different “generations” of human rights were developed, parliaments played a fundamental role by incorporatingthose rights todomesticlegal systems. In this context, this paperwill explore the featuresof Internet as a human right, the challenges posed by the digital divide that prevent the expansion of universal accessto Internet, and the fundamental role that parliamentarians play in guaranteeing it, both in the global context and specifically within the ArgentineRepublic. Likewise, it will analyze how international cooperation in parliamentary matters through the so-called parliamentary diplomacy serves as a tool forlegislators to cooperate in guaranteeing Internet access and Internet governance in order to promote more just and egalitarian societies.