Submissions
Our work involves engaging with state, and civil society actors to advocate for a people and planet-centric digital future. Explore our interventions.
The Global Digital Justice Forum, May 2024
The Global Digital Justice Forum submitted an input at a virtual meeting convened by the co-facilitators of the Summit of the Future on 30 May 2024. The goal of the meeting was to hear first-hand from civil society about the UN Civil Society Conference and for a direct exchange of ideas between Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS), civil society and delegations on their priorities for the Pact for the Future…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, May 2024
The Global Digital Justice Forum submitted an input at a virtual meeting convened by the co-facilitators of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) on 21 May 2024. The goal of the meeting was to provide an update on the GDC process while giving stakeholders the opportunity to exchange views on the Rev1 (Revised Text 1) of the Compact…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, May 2024
The Global Digital Justice Forum was invited by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to submit a civil society statement to the Chairperson and organizers of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024, which was held from 27 to 31 May 2024…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, April 2024
The Global Digital Justice Forum responded to the Joint Questionnaire for CSTD’s 20-year review of the World Summit on Information Society implementation. The submission focused on the fact that instead of the vision of “people-centered, inclusive and development oriented” future, the digital era has been driven by increasing exclusions, digital divides, authoritarian regimes and a platformized and Big-Tech-led paradigm…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, April 2024
In response to the Zero Draft released by the co-facilitators of the GDC process, The Global Digital Justice Forum provided text suggestions which emphasize the importance of including the “right of peoples to self-determination” within the digital governance framework…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, March 2024
The Global Digital Justice Forum submitted written inputs to the structural elements of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) on 8 March 2024. The input emphasizes the need for an explicit and unequivocal call to global equity, justice, and well-being of all as the overarching goals guiding the key elements of the GDC. Business-as-usual cannot tackle the emerging challenges of digitalization…
Global Digital Justice Forum, March 2024
Dive into a specially curated resource list designed for the Global Digital Justice Forum by IT for Change, Third World Network (TWN), and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). This collection of readings serves as an introduction to the diverse terrains of data governance…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, February 2024
The Global Digital Justice Forum responded to the Open Consultation Process on the WSIS Forum organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Our inputs focused on how the WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event should address questions of the digital and data divide, in particular the critical role of democratic governance of the digital as vital to the technological path dependency of global development justice…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, February 2024
The Global Digital Justice Forum participated in a virtual consultation, seeking feedback on the Zero draft of the Pact for the Future. The inputs emphasized that digitalization is ubiquitous across sectors, and consequently, its impact is seen within all the chapters of the Pact…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, February 2024
On 13 February 2024, the Global Digital Justice Forum participated in a virtual consultation convened by the co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process for drafting a Global Digital Compact, which would be annexed to the Pact for the Future. The goal of the consultation was to allow civil society representatives to share their overall views and expectations and to offer concrete suggestions to achieve a meaningful and transformative Global Digital Compact to strengthen digital cooperation…
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The Global Digital Justice Forum, June 2023
This session focused on answering the following questions: Given existing experience, especially from the Global South, where and how is digital technology helping to deliver on the SDGs (e.g. health, water, jobs, environment)? How can experiences be shared effectively? Are there any principles and approaches that could be generalized…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, June 2023
The consultation was based on the following questions: What could a “global digital commons” approach entail – in terms of possible principles, values, and ideas? What are the main challenges with regards to digital public infrastructure? How can the GDC contribute to the safety and inclusivity of digital public infrastructure and mitigate potential harm? How can the Global Digital Compact contribute to…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, May 2023
This consultation focused on answering the following questions: How can we move from principles to practical measures that will help guide and lead the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in different contexts, and how can these be aligned? How can regulators and innovators work together to promote the development and rollout of new emerging technologies while protecting human and planetary safety, human agency, and fundamental rights…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, May 2023
This deep dive was focused on addressing the following questions on the potential risks and benefits of digital technologies on safeguarding our rights: How can women and girls, children, and persons in vulnerable situations such as persons with disabilities or persons belonging to linguistic minorities be supported in exercising their human rights online? How can accountability of digital platforms – public and private – be strengthened to…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, April 2023
This session focused on addressing the following questions: How a collaborative effort among governments, data protection authorities, private companies, the scientific community, and civil society could be orchestrated to ensure the responsible processing, secure storage, and vigilant protection of personal data, safeguarding it against potential misuse? How to formulate guiding principles that would underpin the creation of high-quality, interoperable data systems…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, April 2023
The Global Digital Justice Forum, April 2023
This session focused on answering the following questions: How can we ensure a safe, global, secure, and inclusive internet amidst the rapid growth and emergence of new internet-based tools? The 2005 Tunis Agenda endorsed a multi-stakeholder approach to the governance of the Internet. How have we succeeded in realizing this vision? How do the roles and functions of various multi-stakeholder forums such as Internet Corporation for Assigned Names…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, March 2023
The consultation was geared towards hearing inputs from states, civil society actors, and corporations on the following challenges: How can governments, international organizations, private companies, and civil society work together to close the digital divide and improve access, skills, and meaningful connectivity for all? What actions should be taken to enable digital inclusion for all? What policies, frameworks and programs have proven…
The Global Digital Justice Forum, March 2023