Publication Type: Publications

Access and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) have prepared a short briefing on the internet related human rights items that will be addressed at Human Rights Council 24, as well as some background on the Council’s work on the internet and human rights.

Access’ response to the questionnaire of the United Nations Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation.

This report analyzes fake domains attacks that impersonate civil society and news organizations and provides recommendations towards mitigating such attacks.

Joint submission from Access, PEN International, English PEN, and ARTICLE 19 to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review on Viet Nam’s compliance with its international human rights obligations with respect to freedom of expression.

What is traffic management? Would net neutrality prohibit traffic management? Find out in our Q&A on traffic management in the Telecoms Single Market Regulation.

The 27th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC27) will take place in Geneva from 8-26 September 2014. Internet rights and freedoms will feature prominently with the highlight being the Council’s consideration of the landmark report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age and related panel discussion on September 12th and a discussion on violence against children online. Learn more in this briefing note prepared by APC and Access.

After weeks of heated discussions, the International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiary Conference 2014 came to an end. Internet governance expert Avri Doria attended the conference in Busan, South Korea, better known as “the Plenipot,” on behalf of Access. This brief includes detailed notes on the outcomes of major points of discussion at the Plenipot.

Brief on the main challenges ICT providers face with regard to surveillance, freedom of expression, and privacy, prepared for the UN as it considers a legally binding instrument on business and human rights, July 2015.