Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Council adopted on July 1st, 2016 among other texts a Resolution (A/HRC/C/L.20) on “The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet”

The Council has condemned unequivocally measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or dissemination of information online in violation of international human rights law and called on States to refrain from and cease such measures, and condemned unequivocally all human rights violations and abuses committed against persons for exercising their human rights and fundamental freedoms on the Internet.

The Council requested the High Commissioner to prepare a report on ways to bridge the gender digital divide from a human rights perspective, and to submit it to the Council at its thirty-fifth session.
See more at:

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20223&LangID=E#sthash.KvzTULbU.dpuf

and the Resolution (A/HRC/C/L.20) in full at:

http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/32/L.20