GPD publications
13 Apr 2022
Report
Assessing Cybercrime Laws and NCSS from a Human Rights Perspective
This pack comprises two linked resources: Assessing Cybercrime Laws from a Human Rights Perspective: Drawing upon international standards, this tool provides a standalone framework for assessing the different elements of cybercrime legislation from a human rights perspective. It also provides examples of good and poor practice from existing pieces…
24 Jul 2021
Report
National Artificial Intelligence Strategies and Human Rights: A Review (second edition)
This is an updated edition of a 2020 report by Global Partners Digital and Stanford’s Global Digital Policy Incubator, which provides an in-depth review of National AI Strategies around the world from a human rights perspective. The new edition builds on the original report…
25 Nov 2018
Report
How to respect privacy and free expression as a tech SME in Zambia
This guide is designed to help small and medium tech enterprises ensure that they are respecting privacy and free expression in their products and services. It covers: The business case for respecting privacy and free expression as a tech SME; What these rights mean in legal terms, and the specific obligations placed…
25 Nov 2018
Report
How to respect privacy and free expression as a tech SME in Malawi
This guide is designed to help small and medium tech enterprises ensure that they are respecting privacy and free expression in their products and services. It covers: The business case for respecting privacy and free expression as a tech SME; What these rights mean in legal terms, and the specific obligations placed…
11 Jul 2018
Report
Travel Guide to the Digital World: Data protection for human rights defenders
In the digital age, the processing of personal data offers undeniable opportunities for economic growth, social advancement and research. It can also, without adequate safeguards, pose risks to the rights of individuals – particularly their right to privacy. The processing of personal data is regulated by a set…
14 Jun 2018
Report
Organisational Development Framework
In the human rights and digital policy space, where large corporations and state interests dominate, a strong and effective civil society voice is critical. But a movement is only as strong as the organisations which drive it. …
09 Mar 2018
Report
Framework for Multistakeholder Cyber Policy Development
Cybersecurity, and the threats associated with it, is a complex policy area. This complexity demands approaches to policy development which are inclusive, expertise driven, and which engage a broad range of stakeholders – a need which has been recognised by several influential bodies, including the Freedom…
12 Sep 2017
Report
Travel Guide to the Digital World: Encryption policy for human rights defenders
Everyone who uses the internet depends on encryption. It makes online banking and shopping possible, allows us to communicate securely, and facilitates the exercise of many human rights. Despite these obvious benefits, encryption has always had its opponents – and they are becoming more active. In legislatures and…
30 Jun 2016
Report
Using the Universal Periodic Review for human rights online
The guide is designed to help human rights defenders working on human rights online navigate the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, with resources and case studies of real life advocacy to help inform and structure engagement. It also provides examples of how the UPR has been used for human rights online,…
18 May 2016
Report
Travel Guide to the Digital World: Cybersecurity policy for human rights defenders
The rapid digitisation of human life has made cybersecurity a key priority for policymakers worldwide. In a context marked by contested definitions of what cybersecurity is and how it should be achieved, it is critical for human rights defenders to understand the situation, actors and issues at stake in order…
15 Dec 2014
Report
NETmundial: reflections from Brazil, India and Kenya
The NETmundial conference was a seminal event in the 2014 internet governance landscape. The multistakeholder meeting, convened by the Brazilian government on the back of the post-Snowden frenzy, momentarily turned São Paulo into a Mecca of decade-old internet governance debates; simultaneously, a beacon of hope for reformists and revolutionaries, and…
11 Aug 2014
Report
Travel Guide to the Digital World: Surveillance and international standards
It is always advisable to do some research before you embark on a trip. A wise traveller will understand their destination before they depart, paying particular attention to any potential security concerns. It may seem strange to apply this advice to the internet, because most people reading this guide will feel a sense of familiarity, even…
03 Jun 2014
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Travel Guide to the Digital World: Internet policy and governance for human rights defenders
The internet is the defining technology of our age, transforming relationships in every aspect of our lives, from commerce to politics, from education to art. With these transformations come new opportunities, and also new threats. How the internet operates and is governed affects the rights of users – a new…
05 Mar 2013
Report
Drafting a positive agenda: human rights and the internet infrastructure
There is now a broad consensus that the human rights system that applies offline should apply online. However, to really understand and shape the human rights environment online it is necessary to go beyond looking at the content it carries and the controls which are applied to that content –…