Reference Materials

EPIC & Privacy International, country reports from Privacy and Human Rights 2003

The Public Voice, The Public Voice WSIS Sourcebook: Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information Society

APC, African Policy Monitor

Olivier Nana Nzepa, Building the Future: Civil Society's Contribution Towards the Emergence of the Information Society in Cameroon (pdf)

Mawaki Chango, Africa's Information Society Hindered by Culture of Secrecy

Partnership of African Information Advocacy Organizations, Our Side of the Divide (pdf)

Tracey Naughton, Speaking for Ourselves: Southern Africa and the WSIS (pdf)

African Information Society Initiative, Background: African Civil Society Involvement in ICT Policy Making

David Souter, African Participation in WSIS: Review and Discussion Paper (pdf)

FXI, Anti-Censorship Legislation Project Report (pdf)  

EPIC, Privacy Law Sourcebook 2003: United States Law, International Law, and Recent Developments

The Internet Governance Project, Internet Governance: The State of Play

Elizabeth Bakibinga, Paper Submission: Managing Electronic Privacy in the Telecom Sector in Uganda (doc)

Kodzo K. Sessi Ganyo, Paper Submission: Internet Governance (doc)

• Web site of the WSIS African Civil Society
• Marcus Kummer's July Announcement on the Establishment of the Working Group on Internet Governance
• Civil Society Statement Submitted to the First Consultation of the Working Group on Internet Governance
• Official Decision Issued after Tunisian PrepCom 1
• CS Plenary First Intervention at PrepCom 1 (read by Ralf Bendrath)
• CS Plenary Second Intervention at PrepCom 1 (read by Victoria-Cabrera Balleza)
• Human Rights Caucus PrepCom 1 Statement in English, and in French
• Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus Statement at PrepCom 1
• Information on the First Phase of the WSIS, The Public Voice WSIS Sourcebook: Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information Society (2004)

• "Zimbabwe: More teeth for 'already bad press law' - MISA", Reuters, November 10, 2004
• "Africa's Information Society Hindered by Culture of Secrecy", Ghanaian Chronicle, November 4, 2004
• "MISA, IFJ Back Calls For Free Expression Treaty", International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House, October 27, 2004
• "Zimbabwe Government Prepares to Bug Internet", Zim Online, July 30, 2004
• "Zambia Pushes for Cybercrime Law", BBC News, July 30, 2004
• "Rights Nigeria: Freedom of Information Bill Proves Elusive", IPS News, July 21, 2004
• "What Nigerians Do in Cybercafes", The Sun, July 26, 2004
• "Tunisia: Clampdown on the internet continues", Index for Free Expression, July 7, 2004
• "Privacy 'Bigger Worry than Security'", ITWeb Cape Town, November 13, 2003

• "Africa Calls for More Cyber-Rights", Panos, November 2, 2004
• "ICANN, RIRs Sign MOU", Daily Champion, October 28, 2004
• "Nigeria Losing Out in Quest for Control of the Internet in Africa ", Vanguard, October 20, 2004
• "Interview with United Nations Head Secretariat of WGIG", CircleID, July 30, 2004
• "Kenya Gets on with Internet Addresses", Highway Africa, May 5, 2004
• "West Urged to Share Internet Governance", Michael Geist, The Star, May 17, 2004
• "Use of Digital Technology is Now a Must", The East Africa Standard (Nairobi), August 2, 2004

• WSIS PrepCom 2, February 17-25, 2005, Geneva
• Internet Governance Working Group Consultations
• ITU Cybersecurity Meeting, 2005
• Africa Conference on Free Expression, February 19-20, 2005, Pretoria, South Africa
• Click Here for a List of Upcoming WSIS Thematic Meetings