Human rights and cybersecurity: contentious communities in cyber diplomacy practice

Calderaro, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9518-1099 2025. Human rights and cybersecurity: contentious communities in cyber diplomacy practice. Christou, George, Vosse, Wilhelm, Burton, Joe and Koops, Joachim A., eds. The Palgrave Handbook on Cyber Diplomacy, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 211-230. (10.1007/978-3-031-93385-1_10)

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Abstract

The discourse on cybersecurity has traditionally focused on protecting state sovereignty and economic activities, a perspective that scholarly literature has predominantly approached from either a military defense standpoint or in response to cybercrime targeting economic assets. However, this dichotomous perspective has often sidelined the human rights dimension of cybersecurity. While cybersecurity strategies, capacity-building efforts, and cyber diplomacy dialogues primarily focus on enhancing state actors’ capacity to control the functioning of the internet, equal priority is not given to ensuring people’s rights to freely use digital tools, seek information, express themselves, and maintain privacy. This chapter critically analyzes the contentious relationship between digital rights and cybersecurity, with particular attention to how this tension is reflected across platforms and communities engaged in cyber diplomacy. By tracing the evolution of this debate, the chapter addresses the challenges of contemporary multilateral diplomacy in effectively balancing the development of global cybersecurity agendas with the protection of digital rights.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics Schools > Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:	9783031933844
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	13 October 2025
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2025 11:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/181621

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