GDRC Statement Joint Submission to the AI Global Dialogue
This month, the Global Digital Rights Coalition (GDRC) published a joint submission to the Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
The submission, authored by the coalition’s member organisations, welcomes the ongoing work to establish the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance. To ensure its success, the coalition calls for the Dialogue to adopt a targeted agenda, grounded in international law, including international human rights law. The Dialogue should embrace a truly multistakeholder approach, both in its functioning and its outcomes. Finally, the Dialogue should contribute to coordination and coherence across AI governance processes, including ensuring close integration with existing UN initiatives. These foundations are essential.
The submission is jointly authored by Access Now, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), ARTICLE 19, Center for Communication Governance (CCG), CyberPeace Institute, Data Privacy Brasil, Derechos Digitales, Digital Rights Foundation, DW Akademie, the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), Fact Check West Africa, Fundación Multitudes, Global Forum for Media and Development (GFMD), Global Partners Digital (GPD), Global Network Initiative (GNI), the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), ICT Watch, Media Foundation for West Africa, Paradigm Initiative, Research ICT Africa, STOPAIDS, Tech Global Institute, WACC, Weiba Foundation and WITNESS.
The Global Digital Rights Coalition (GDRC) is a collective of civil society organisations from the Global Majority and Global North, offering our shared expertise to advance human rights and multistakeholder principles throughout global digital governance processes.
Previously formed as the Global Digital Rights Coalition for WSIS (GDRC-WSIS), in early 2026 the GDRC broadened its mandate to include the implementation of the outcomes of the WSIS+20 review process and the Global Digital Compact, including the Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
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