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A gender review of the Global Digital Compact zero draft 02 May 2024 Various

These comments were drafted in a collective process aimed at advancing the centrality of gender issues in the Global Digital Compact, ensuring that the governance, development and use of technology are inclusive and benefit women and girls, in all their diversity, around the world.

Universal Periodic Review 47th session – Human rights in the digital context and the state of civic space in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 02 May 2024 APC and Rudi International

This joint stakeholder report prepared by APC and Rudi International for the 47th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) focuses on human rights in the digital context and the state of civic space, including online, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

From the digital inequality paradox to marginalisation through digitalisation: GISWatch 2024 Special Edition reports
From the digital inequality paradox to marginalisation through digitalisation: GISWatch 2024 Special Edition reports 01 May 2024 Alison Gillwald, Sala Weleilakeba

The following two reports from GISWatch 2024 Special Edition explore pathways for addressing the digital divide as well as the impacts of digitalisation when marginalised populations are overlooked in decision-making processes.

Placing "gender" in disinformation
Placing "gender" in disinformation 01 May 2024 Paula Martins

This report responds to APC's belief that it important to characterise gendered disinformation, because it relates to a specific type of violation of women’s and gender-diverse people’s rights, in particular their freedom of expression, which is not properly encapsulated by other concepts.

Reclaiming a radically changed context: Introduction to GISWatch 2024 Special Edition
Reclaiming a radically changed context: Introduction to GISWatch 2024 Special Edition 29 April 2024 Alan Finlay, Valeria Betancourt and others

Twenty years ago, stakeholders gathered in Geneva at the first World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Since the framework for cooperation was set out in the Geneva Plan of Action (2003), much has changed in the global digital context, while many recognised challenges still remain.

The value of WSIS and the future of information societies: GISWatch 2024 Special Edition reports
The value of WSIS and the future of information societies: GISWatch 2024 Special Edition reports 24 April 2024 Sally Burch, Ana Neves

The following two reports, which are included in the GISWatch 2024 Special Edition, are thoughtful analyses on the vision and agenda set up at the WSIS summit twenty years ago, and reflections on its value and need in civil society advocacy as we move forward.

Free, prior and informed consent: Accountability, environmental justice and the rights of Indigenous peoples in the information society
Free, prior and informed consent: Accountability, environmental justice and the rights of Indigenous peoples in the information society 22 April 2024 shawna finnegan

In honour of Earth Day 2024, we are launching the first report from the GISWatch 2024 Special Edition: "Free, prior and informed consent: Accountability, environmental justice and the rights of Indigenous peoples in the information society".

Civil society organisations reject the criminalisation of the defence of digital rights and the misuse of the judicial system in the case of Ola Bini in Ecuador and demand respect for due process and human rights
Civil society organisations reject the criminalisation of the defence of digital rights and the misuse of the judicial system in the case of Ola Bini in Ecuador and demand respect for due process and human rights 18 April 2024 Various

The undersigned organisations express our concern and firm rejection of the multiple irregularities, illegalities and violations of due process observed in the case of Ola Bini, a programmer and human rights defender recently sentenced to a year in prison in Ecuador.

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