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The Universal Periodic Review and digital rights protection in Nigeria and South Africa
Dissertation (MPhil (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/84099 The Universal Periodic Review and digital rights protection in Nigeria and South Africa Sihanya, Ben adegokeadeboye@gmail.com Ilori, Oluwatomiwa Adegoke, Adeboye UCTD Human Rights Nigeria South Africa Universal Periodic Review Dissertation (MPhil (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)--University of Pretoria, 2022. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism of the United Nations that involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States in order to improve them. This Mini-Dissertation explores the impact of the Universal Periodic Review on digital rights protection in South Africa and Nigeria. Digital Rights include freedom of expression online, privacy in the digital age, right to information online, network neutrality, and others. For the purpose of this dissertation, the impacts of the UPR on freedom of expression online and privacy in the digital age were examined. The dissertation identifies roles that various stakeholders must play in order to leverage the UPR optimally for the protection of digital rights in Africa. Centre for Human Rights MPhil (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) Unrestricted 2022-02-21T13:51:36Z 2022-02-21T13:51:36Z 2022-04-01 2022-02 Mini Dissertation * A2022 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84099 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Human Rights Nigeria South Africa Universal Periodic Review The Universal Periodic Review and digital rights protection in Nigeria and South Africa |
| title | The Universal Periodic Review and digital rights protection in Nigeria and South Africa |
| title_full | The Universal Periodic Review and digital rights protection in Nigeria and South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The Universal Periodic Review and digital rights protection in Nigeria and South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Universal Periodic Review and digital rights protection in Nigeria and South Africa |
| title_short | The Universal Periodic Review and digital rights protection in Nigeria and South Africa |
| title_sort | universal periodic review and digital rights protection in nigeria and south africa |
| topic | UCTD Human Rights Nigeria South Africa Universal Periodic Review |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84099 |