Published before the UN’s Open Ended Working Group on ICTs, the joint input makes recommendations regarding responsible state behaviour in cyberspace from a rights-centric perspective.
This statement was originally published on gp-digital.org on 24 July 2023.
Alongside 12 other endorsing organisations and experts, Global Partners Digital (GPD) has published a joint input to the draft annual progress report of the UN’s Open Ended Working Group on ICTs (OEWG).
The input is published ahead of the OEWG’s fifth substantive session. It makes recommendations to ensure the report accurately reflects the progress made in previous discussions, as well as proposing concrete actions to be taken to ensure effective implementation of the agreed framework of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace in a human-centric and rights-respecting manner.
The input can be read here. It has been endorsed by the following organisations and experts:
- Access Now
- Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
- Centre for Multilateral Affairs (CfMA)
- Derechos Digitales
- Fundación Karisma
- Global Partners Digital
- IFEX
- Jokkolabs Banjul
- JONCTION
- Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
- Media Rights Agenda
- Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D)
- Professor Emeritus Wolfgang Kleinwächter, University of Aarhus, former ICANN Board Member
In addition to following negotiations on the ground in New York, we’ll be co-hosting a side event with Derechos Digitales, Fundación Karisma and R3D on Wednesday, 26 July (13:15-14:30 EDT). The event follows the launch of GPD’s Inclusive Cyber Norms Toolkit, and will focus on discussing ways to shape inclusive and rights respecting cyber norms. Find out more about the event – and the toolkit – here.
