An abridged version of this statement was delivered during the virtual informal dialogue with the chair of the Global Mechanism on 17 July 2026 by Verónica Ferrari, Global Policy Advocacy Lead, ...

This civil society report was developed collectively by members of civil society organisations from five coalitions – the Global Digital Rights Coalition, the Global Digital Justice Forum, the Global ...

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) hereby submits its written comments on the Draft General Comment No. 38 on Article 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ...

On 24 June, Venezuela was struck by two high-magnitude earthquakes that caused thousands of deaths. The catastrophe has also left a great number of people injured, while the country’s population as a ...

Many digital divides still persist today, to the point that a third of the world’s population is still offline. Different statistics also show that the divide can be worse depending on the countries ...

The publicness of the internet is at the core of power disputes in the internet governance ecosystem. The problem is two fold: The rise and consolidation of global internet platforms and the trend of ...

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The 4th SEAL Asia Conference at the UN Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand highlighted the power of social enterprises as accelerators of the SDGs. At the 5th Social Enterprise Advocacy and ...

In the wake of the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, Telenor – the country’s Norwegian-based telecommunications provider at the time – has become the focus of a groundbreaking corporate accountability ...

Myanmar faces regular digital repression by the military and challenges such as surveillance, doxxing and security threats. Despite these challenges, people in Myanmar are finding ways to resist and ...

For the past decade, internet connectivity has been praised for its potential to close the gender gap in Africa. Among the many benefits of digitalisation, digital tools enable groups that are ...

The First Africa Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence (TFGBV) will bring together stakeholders from across the continent to share knowledge, explore regional best practices and ...