According to the international laws, every person has a range of rights which should be met in the society completely, and the right to communicate is one of the most significant ways for a person to be involved in the social activities (Raboy, Shtern, & McIver 2010).
From this point, innovative information and communication technologies developed in the western countries should be used to promote the information and possibilities for communication in the poor countries. However, the problem is in disparity of communication between these countries which depends on various political and economic factors which accentuate the difference in the countries’ progress (Hackett & Zhao 2005).
The human right to communicate should be realised fully in spite of the references to the status of a country. That is why, it is necessary to use information and communication technologies in order to give this right to the countries with the lower level of development.
Nevertheless, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that the effective communication between countries should develop with references to the democratic principles because of the possible dominance of western media and western approaches in media and news (Zhao & Chakravartty 2007).
The effective cooperation between the western countries and the countries with the lower level of development in relation to the question of communication should be based on the principles which do not go beyond the realisation of human rights.
People have different human rights which should be addressed in society in order to satisfy the personal needs. The right to communicate as one of the basic human rights includes the right to inform, the right to privacy, and the right to be informed as the necessary components of the public communication (Goodhart 2009).
Today, the right to communicate is not met in many poor countries because of the lack of democratic principles in these societies. For instance, to preserve the right to communicate in India, the definite social right movements are developed there the main aims of which to emphasize the right to information, support independent journalism, and women in the media (Thomas 2011).
To live in the global community according to the principles of the democratic society, it is important to create the conditions for everyone’s following these concepts. From this point, the developed countries should improve their communication and possibilities for it with the poorer countries (Raboy & Landry 2005).
Communication is the field where people can express themselves, and any limits in preserving or supporting communication rights can lead to violating the other human rights which are closely associated with the right to communicate because of its social significance (Raboy & Landry 2005).
The right to communicate is also connected with the question of media democratisation in society, and it should be followed strictly to provide people with the access to the necessary information to satisfy their social needs.
Reference List
Goodhart, M 2009, Human rights: politics and practice, Oxford University Press, USA.
Raboy, M & Landry, N 2005, Civil society, communication, and global governance: issues from the World Summit on the Information Society, Peter Lang, USA.
Thomas, PN 2011, Negotiating communication rights: case studies from India, Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd., USA.