Human rights and digital technologies at the Human Rights Council 63th session
APC reiterates the importance of strengthening the council as a key mechanism for advancing human rights online.
Human rights in the digital context in Namibia
The report includes important recommendations concerning Namibia’s protection of the rights to freedom of expression and privacy in digital spaces
2024 Global Information Society Watch Special Edition - WSIS+20: Reimagining horizons of dignity, equity and justice for our digital future
This special edition of Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) considers the importance of WSIS as an inclusive policy and governance mechanism, and what, from a civil society perspective, needs…
2026 Global Information Society Watch Special Edition - Free/libre and open source software: Visions of openness from the Global South
This special edition of Global Information Society Watch offers powerful arguments for the decolonisation of free/libre and open source software (FLOSS).
Launch of GISWatch special edition: Towards the decolonisation of free/libre and open source technologies
How can FLOSS be more inclusive? This question was central to the recent launch of a new special edition of GISWatch, focusing on “visions of openness from the Global South”.
Bridging connectivity and conservation: Camouflaged telecom infrastructure in Zambia’s wetlands
Seeding change: A solar-powered community network shaping meaningful connectivity in Kenya
AI, cultural rights and the right to development: An analysis of the thematic study by the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development
APC and Derechos Digitales consider the study an important contribution to ongoing efforts to centre human rights, community participation and cultural self-determination in AI governance.
Unpacking private sector finance opportunities for digital rights organisations through the EU’s Global Gateway
GreenNet celebrates 40 years: A pioneering internet service provider still building digital communications for everyone, everywhere
A tale of three storms: Community networks in an era of climate instability
Goodbye to Bertrand de La Chapelle: A creative mind behind multistakeholder cooperation
Community networks newsletter: From last to first mile connectivity where communities are shaping technology hands-on
Letters from Brazilian rural women: Reviving and strengthening the roots of connectivity
Global Information Society Watch special edition: Free/libre and open source software visions from the Global South
We are publishing the introduction to this new special edition of GisWatch in full in advance, providing an overview of the content to come. The nine reports published in it offer powerful arguments…
Libervia on building an all-in-one communication platform grounded in the right to privacy
This month’s profile in our interview series “Building a Free Internet for the Future” features the Libervia project, an all-in-one communication platform offering alternatives for instant messaging…
APC submission to the Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment
Input to the report on “Environmental human rights defenders and the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment”
AI and technology-facilitated gender-based violence: How to bridge critical gaps in regulation, protection and law enforcement?
As AI is rapidly reshaping digital spaces, the harms it can enable and amplify are evolving just as quickly. However, those who are most vulnerable and bear the greatest impact are the ones most…
Reimagining social media from the margins
Point of View and Quicksand went to multiple cities and asked the same question across India: "What does social media make you feel?". These are the words that surfaced repeatedly:…
APC at the 2026 Team CommUNITY Global Gathering
From 4 to 6 September, APC network will engage in a range of events examining the intersection of human rights and technology during the 2026 Team CommUNITY Global Gathering. From FLOSS and…
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