No more excuses - it's time to see whether they really care about human rights enough to use their diplomatic capital when it counts. freedomonlinecoalition.com/foc-advisory...
Countries that advocate for digital rights now have the opportunity to stand together to reject proposals that would make the Convention even worse; propose amendments to strengthen safeguards and improve it; and vote no or abstain if sufficient positive amendments are not adopted.
This Convention is bad for all sorts of reasons & this negates one of the primary arguments we've heard for why it can't be improved: that it's too late & would be diplomatically problematic to breach the (unfortunate) consensus that was reached earlier. globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...
Breaking news on UN Cybercrime Convention: Govt of Vietnam has indicated it will propose amendments during the UNGA Third Committee debate. It says something that Vietnam is so excited about this, given it's human rights record. But more importantly, this creates an opportunity.
The adoption of the UN Convention Against Cybercrime poses significant risks to criminal justice, data access, cybersecurity, the digital economy, and human rights. Read our statement: globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...
The UN Convention poses significant risks to criminal justice, data access, cybersecurity, digital economy, & human rights.
@thegni.bsky.socialglobalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen... I made many of these points on the panel that this story links to, but which werenât picked up on in the piece.
Annual reports can be dry and rote - but not this one! Check out the important message from @davidakaye.bsky.social@thegni.bsky.social is growing and expanding our impact around the world!
We just published our Annual Report 2023: Consolidating Norms into Regulation. 2023 was a landmark year in the tech sector throughout which GNI continued to serve as the premier multistakeholder forum in tech & human rights. Learn more here: globalnetworkinitiative.org/gnis-annual-...
Highlighting a year of growth & challenges in the evolving landscape of technology.
This treaty is a big deal, and many folks - even ones who would be directly impacted such as exiled dissidents, company employees, cybersecurity experts - are not aware of the risks it will create for them. I hope this article helps get people's attention! www.justsecurity.org/100333/rethi...
The U.N. Convention Against Cybercrime clearly challenges the democratic vision for a free Internet and puts the United States on the spot.
GNI is concerned about recent Supreme Court decisions in #Brazilglobalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...
GNI encourages Brazil to review recent rulings consistently with its international human rights principles.
Esta importante declaração da Global Network Initiative analisa a complicada dinâmica cerca o bloqueio do X no Brasil. Ănfase em âcomplicadaâ.
GNI is concerned about recent Supreme Court decisions in #Brazil & calls on relevant officials to ensure that Brazilian law is consistent with the intl. human rights principles that Brazil has meaningfully demonstrated leadership on. globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statemen...
GNI encourages Brazil to review recent rulings consistently with its international human rights principles.