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Joint letter regarding civil society participation in the UN Global Digital Compact process
Joint letter regarding civil society participation in the UN Global Digital Compact process 26 May 2023 Various

In this joint letter to the co-facilitators of the Global Digital Compact process, namely Sweden and Rwanda's Permanent Representatives to the UN, APC and over 30 other civil society organisations urge them to ensure meaningful participation of civil society in the discussions.

APC input to the Global Digital Compact
APC input to the Global Digital Compact 28 April 2023 APC

APC believes the Global Digital Compact could play a key role in ensuring that the lessons learned from years of multistakeholder cooperation feed into future processes of internet policy, internet governance and global digital cooperation

APC statement to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on internet governance
APC statement to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on internet governance 25 April 2023 APC

The Global Digital Compact provides an opportunity to agree on common principles that can make the internet and its governance more inclusive, human rights-based and supportive of sustainable development. APC believes that we need less of some things and more of others to achieve this goal.

Statement by AHM Bazlur Rahman to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on internet governance
Statement by AHM Bazlur Rahman to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on internet governance 19 April 2023 AHM Bazlur Rahman

Speaking on behalf of the Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication and Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum, APC associate AHM Bazlur Rahman emphasised the need to create strong global governance of digital transformation through the Global Digital Compact.

Derechos Digitales statement to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on internet governance
Derechos Digitales statement to the Global Digital Compact Thematic Deep-Dive session on internet governance 19 April 2023

In its statement, APC member Derechos Digitales stresses that the Compact being drafted should provide for proactive actions towards building effective multistakeholder processes and increasing broader participation in all digital cooperation and internet governance discussions.

How the global internet governance movement began and evolved in the last two decades
How the global internet governance movement began and evolved in the last two decades 11 April 2023 Carlos Afonso

How did the world begin to establish the internet's basic governance rules and try to enable universal access? Carlos Afonso, director of Nupef and co-founder of APC, offers a historical look at the uneven global internet governance movement, from the 1998 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meeting to the first World Summit on the Inform...

APC statement to the informal consultations with stakeholders and member states on the Global Digital Compact
APC statement to the informal consultations with stakeholders and member states on the Global Digital Compact 05 February 2023 APC

APC believes that the Global Digital Compact could play a key role in ensuring that the lessons learned from years of multistakeholder cooperation feed into future processes of internet policy, internet governance and global digital cooperation.

APC statement at the opening of the 2022 Internet Governance Forum
APC statement at the opening of the 2022 Internet Governance Forum 29 November 2022 APC

This IGF is taking place when the effects of overlapping global crises such as the weakening of democracy, wars, and the worsening of the environmental situation and climate change are felt strongly but differently in different contexts. What does all this mean for internet governance?

Safeguard civil society participation at the United Nations Human Rights Council
Safeguard civil society participation at the United Nations Human Rights Council 21 November 2022 Various

Inclusive participation of civil society actors helps ensure that the Council is informed and responsive to human rights priorities and needs on the ground, engagement of organisations based outside Geneva, as well as under-resourced civil society actors.

Cybernorms: Do They Matter IRL (In Real Life)?
Cybernorms: Do They Matter IRL (In Real Life)? 21 March 2022 Veronica Ferrari (Association for Progressive Communications), Sheetal Kumar (Global Partners Digital), Enrico Calandro (Research ICT Africa) and Arindrajit Basu (the Centre for Internet and Society)

Although multilateral forums including the United Nations have made some progress in identifying norms, rules and principles to guide responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, applying agreed norms to "real life" throws up challenges of interpretation and enforcement.

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