简介:Theadventoftheinterneterabreedsanewconcept,namely,therighttointernetaccess.Manycountriesandinternationalorganizations,aswellasindividuals,areadvocatingorhavealreadyembodieditasabasichumanright,thusenhancingtheissuesofwhetheritshouldbeincorporatedintothemacrosystemofinternationalhumanrights.Byanalyzingthefacts,thisarticlepointsoutthattheinternationalconceptoftherighttointernetaccessshouldbedistinguishedfromitsdomesticconcept,fortherearenolegalsourcesabouttherighttointernetaccessforguidanceaswithsometreatiesinthecurrentinternationallaw,despiteitscloserelationshipwithsomeexistingrightssuchasthefreedomofspeech,pressandassembly,ortherightofequality,ortherighttodevelopment.Andthereisstillalongtimebeforethelegalvalueandrelatedresponsibilitiesaswellastheboundariesabouttherighttointernetaccessbecomesaconsensusintheinternationalsociety.Eventhoughthereisquiteapossibility,thisrighthasn’tbeenembodiedaspartofinternationalhumanrights,andthushasn’tmadealegalconceptininternationalhumanrightlaw.