Forging Peace: Intervention, Human Rights, and the Management of Media SpaceMonroe E. Price, Mark Thompson The bloody conflicts of the past decade have focused international attention on the strategic role of the media in promoting war and perpetuating chaos. Written against this backdrop, Forging Peace brings together case studies and legal analysis of the steps that the United Nations, NATO, and other organizations have taken to build pluralist and independent media in the wake of massive human rights violations. It examines current thinking on the legality of unilateral humanitarian intervention, and analyzes in graphic detail the pioneering use of information intervention techniques in conflict zones, ranging from full-scale bombardment and confiscation of transmitters to the establishment of new laws and regulatory regimes. With its focus on the role of media in preventing human rights violations, Forging Peace will influence policy and debate for years to come. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | |
Introduction | 1 |
Defining Information Intervention An Interview with Jamie Metzl | 41 |
Hate Propaganda and International Human Rights Law | 69 |
International Law and Information Intervention | 104 |
Note on Legality of Information Intervention | 139 |
A Module for Media Intervention Content Regulation in PostConflict Zones | 148 |
Neutrality and the Negotiation of an Information Order in Cambodia | 177 |
Silencing the Voices of Hate in Rwanda | 236 |
The Learning Curve Media Development in Kosovo | 259 |
Preparing a Plebiscite under Fire The United Nations and Public Information in East Timor | 287 |
Information Warfare and Information Intervention | 313 |
NonGovernmental Perspectives Media Freedom versus Information Intervention? | 329 |
Information Interventions Media Development and the Internet | 365 |
Notes on the Contributors | 393 |
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