Public debate and civic engagement increasingly take place on digital platforms, requiring National Human Rights Institutes ...

We are continuing with the APC series Building a Free Internet of the Future, our monthly series of interviews with NGI Zero (NGI0) grant recipients and consortium members. Funded by the European ...

The internet is integral to our daily lives, and international agreements impact how it is governed — which in turn affects our enjoyment and exercise of human rights. September 2024 marks the launch ...

As I prepare to leave Access Now after serving 15 years as its Executive Director and co-founder, I have taken this moment to reflect on my personal learnings and observations on the evolving fight to ...

Autonomous weapons systems present numerous risks to humanity, most of which infringe on fundamental obligations and principles of international human rights law. Such systems select and engage ...

As digital technologies rapidly reshape every aspect of society, the UN’s top human rights official has called for human rights to be placed at the centre of this transformation. Digital technologies ...

RightsCon, the world’s largest digital human rights conference, was forced to cancel its 2026 conference just days before it was to convene in the Zambian capital of Lusaka, reportedly due to Chinese ...

AbstractIn recent years, "financial censorship by international card brands such as Visa and Mastercard" has often been ...