{"id":9474,"date":"2020-06-10T15:54:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T13:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=9474"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:54:26","slug":"human-rights-and-political-participation-in-the-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/human-rights-and-political-participation-in-the-digital-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights and Political Participation in the Digital Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the invitation of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag, <a href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/matthias-c-kettemann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PD. Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann<\/a> addresses in this statement twelve questions of the Bundestag factions concerning human rights and political participation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9471 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AP-Menschenrechte-und-politische-Teilhabe-im-digitalen-Zeitalter-Kettemann-300x193.png\" alt=\"Cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AP-Menschenrechte-und-politische-Teilhabe-im-digitalen-Zeitalter-Kettemann-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AP-Menschenrechte-und-politische-Teilhabe-im-digitalen-Zeitalter-Kettemann-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/AP-Menschenrechte-und-politische-Teilhabe-im-digitalen-Zeitalter-Kettemann.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The background to this statement is the public hearing of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag on 17 June 2020 on &#8220;Human Rights and Political Participation in the Digital Age.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can download the statement here:<\/strong> Kettemann, Matthias C. (2020): Menschenrechte und politische Teilhabe im digitalen Zeitalter. Stellungnahme als Sachverst\u00e4ndiger auf Einladung des Ausschusses f\u00fcr Menschenrechte und humanit\u00e4re Hilfe des Deutschen Bundestags [Human Rights and Political Participation in the Digital Age. Statement as an Expert at the invitation of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag]. Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut (Working Papers of the Hans-Bredow-Institut | Works in Progress # 2), 17 June 2020.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21241\/ssoar.71723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21241\/ssoar.71723<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2433,"template":"","tags":[322],"class_list":["post-9474","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-working-paper"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Human Rights and Political Participation in the Digital Age - Leibniz HBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/human-rights-and-political-participation-in-the-digital-age\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Human Rights and Political Participation in the Digital Age\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the invitation of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag, PD. 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