ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN THE DIGITAL SPACE

Abstract

The author analyzes the current state of the international legal management of the virtual space in the aspect of ensuring and protecting human rights. With the development of computer technologies, an increasing number of users join the World Wide Web, the number of cross-border connections increases annually, which actualizes the issue of ways to protect human rights and freedoms in the virtual environment. The correlation between the international legal regulation of the digital sphere and the provision of human rights is a new and urgent problem of international law, which has not yet been given due attention in the scientific legal literature. The author analyzes the doctrinal views of scholars in the field of international law and the approaches implemented in international legal documents related to the international legal governance of the Internet and the protection of human rights in the virtual space.