Key trends and challenges to the right of all individuals to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through the Internet 2011, para. 55
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Other positive initiatives to overcome language barriers include, for example, the World Digital Library, which provides free, multilingual access to documentary heritage held in institutions around the world, aimed at a diverse audience, from students, teachers to ordinary members of the public. Furthermore, the content is contributed by partner institutions in the language of origin and is accessed through an interactive interface in seven languages, and allows for voice enabled browsing and can allow easy access to people with visual disabilities.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Equality & Inclusion
Social & Cultural Rights
Personnes concernées
Persons with disabilities
Année
2011
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/290, para. 55.