2019 Publications

About APC

• APC. APC Impact Report 2016-2019. APC.

Briefing papers

• Deborah Brown and Sheetal Kumar. UN First Committee Processes on Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace: An Explainer. APC and Global Partners Digital.
• Anriette Esterhuysen, Deborah Brown and Sheetal Kumar. Unpacking the GGE's framework on responsible state behaviour: Cyber norms. APC and Global Partners Digital.
• PROTEGE QV. Watching Cameroon through the lenses of the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms: Policy brief. PROTEGE QV.

Issue papers

• Justine Limpitlaw. Human rights impacts of taxing popular internet services: The cases of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. APC.
• Dr. Mathias Vermeulen. Online content: To regulate or not to regulate – is that the question? APC.

Research

• Leandro Navarro. Network infrastructures: The commons model for local participation, governance and sustainability. APC.
• WOUGNET. Tech-related violence against women in peri-urban areas of Uganda. WOUGNET.
• Anan AbuShanab. Connection Interrupted: Israel’s control of the Palestinian ICT infrastructure and its impact on digital rights. 7amleh.
• CIPESA. Despots and Disruptions: Five Dimensions of Internet Shutdowns in Africa. CIPESA.
• Zarah Udwadia and Baldeep Grewal. Free To Be Mobile: Ensuring that women, girls, queer and trans persons can inhabit digital spaces freely and fearlessly. Point of View.
• Salwa Rana, Talal Raza and Waqas Naeem. State of media and digital freedoms report in Pakistan 2018.
• Paz Peña and Joana Varon. Consent to our data bodies: Lessons from feminist theories to enforce data protection. Coding Rights.
• Anan AbuShanab. Hashtag Palestine 2018: An Overview of Digital Rights Abuses of Palestinians. 7amleh.
• Nicola Bidwell and Michael Jensen. Bottom-up Connectivity Strategies: Community-led small-scale telecommunication infrastructure networks in the global South. APC.
• Stephen Song, Carlos Rey-Moreno and Michael Jensen. Innovations in Spectrum Management: Enabling community networks and small operators to connect the unconnected. Internet Society and APC.
• APC. GISWatch 2019 Sneak Peek: A selection of full-length reports on AI and human rights. APC.
• 7amleh. Silenced Net: The Chilling Effect among Palestinian Youth in Social Media. 7amleh.
• Various. Global Information Society Watch 2019 - Artificial intelligence: Human rights, social justice and development. APC and ARTICLE 19.

Statements and submissions

• Various. #KeepitOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Zimbabwe.
• Deborah Brown, Anriette Esterhuysen and Mehar Gujral. APC's reflections on the 2018 IGF and suggestions for 2019.
• Various. Joint letter opposes proposed EU regulation on "preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online”.
• Various. Open letter calling for the deletion of Articles 11 and 13 in the EU copyright directive proposal.
• Access Now, APC and Internet Sans Frontières. Cameroon: Parallel report to the 65th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
• APC. The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the digital age: APC submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.
• Various. Joint statement of solidarity with Maria Ressa and Rappler; call for all charges to be dropped.
• Various. #KeepitOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Nigeria.
• APC and 7amleh. New wave of Israeli legislation posing severe threats to internet freedoms: Written statement to HRC 40.
• Murambinda Works, Association for Progressive Communications, Internet Society and Rhizomatica. Joint submission on the consultation paper on light licensing of the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band in Zimbabwe.
• AWID, APC. HRC40: Joint oral statement on the gendered dimensions of privacy.
• APC. HRC40: Oral statement on freedom of religion and expression online.
• AWID and APC. Cultural rights for all: The UN must continue to support the mandate of the Special Rapporteur.
• APC. HRC40: Oral statement highlighting the shrinking of civic space online.
• Various. HRC40: States should defend environmental human rights defenders.
• Various. Chad must end its year-long blackout of social media.
• Various. Joint submission to public consultation on Kenya's Revised National Broadband Strategy.
• CIPESA. CIPESA Executive Director detained at Tanzania airport.
• Various. Comments on the proposed review of the licensing framework for the telecommunications sector in Uganda.
• Various. Declaration of support for the Copyright Amendment Bill 2019, South Africa.
• Various. Open letter to states on preventative engagement with, and action on, Tanzania at the Human Rights Council’s 41st session.
• Various. Open letter to the European Commission on Article 17 of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market.
• APC. The surveillance industry and human rights: Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
• APC, Article 19. Free Ola Bini: APC and ARTICLE 19 support UN petitions against serious rights violation.
• APC. APC statement to the UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation.
• APC, Derechos Digitales and Media Matters for Democracy. Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights in response to the call for submissions on digital technology, social protection and human rights.
• Various. Joint statement on the internet shutdown in Rakhine and Chin States by digital rights organisations and other civil society organisations.
• APC and 7amleh. APC and 7amleh statement at Human Rights Council echoes alarm over unlawful surveillance.
• APC. HRC41: APC oral statement on violations of human rights in online contexts.
• APC and Derechos Digitales. HRC41: Oral statement by Derechos Digitales and APC during the adoption of the Universal Periodic Review of Chile.
• APC and MIDO. HRC41: Statement regarding the spread of hate speech offline and online in Myanmar.
• APC and Women and Media Collective. Statement at HRC draws attention to draconian and discriminatory measures in Sri Lanka.
• Various. Civil society organisations issue statement denouncing internet shutdowns in Sudan.
• Various. End of session statement presented at the end of the 41st session of the Human Rights Council.
• APC and Research ICT Africa. Submission to South African Law Reform Commission Discussion Paper 149 on Sexual Offences: Pornography and Children.
• APC. APC statement against communications shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir.
• APC. APC comments on the First Draft Outline of the Report by the ITU Secretary-General for the Sixth World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum 2021.
• Various. Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Hong Kong.
• Various. APC statement to the First Substantive Session of the Open-ended Working Group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security.
• Various. Proposed criteria for selection and appointment of a new mandate holder on the situation of human rights defenders.
• APC. APC statement to the Christchurch Call Leaders’ Dialogue.
• Various. Civil society organisations present joint end-of-session statement at 42nd Human Rights Council.
• APC. Egypt: Stop the crackdown on civil society.
• Various. Open letter: Facebook’s end-to-end encryption plans.
• APC. The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests: APC submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
• Various. Civil society statement to the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security on cyber peace and human security.
• Various. Digital rights in the context of protests and social mobilisation in Ecuador in October 2019.
• Various. Open letter to UN General Assembly: Proposed international convention on cybercrime poses a threat to human rights online.
• Various. Statement of solidarity against the legal harassment of Malaysian author by local authorities.
• APC. Response to the report of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation.
• APC. APC priorities for the 14th Internet Governance Forum.
• Various. Joint civil society statement on outcomes of the UNGA’s 74th Third Committee session.
• APC. APC submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: Gender and freedom of religion or belief.
• Various. Contribution to Ethiopian Telecommunications Sector Stakeholder Consultation No. 001-2019.
• APC. APC statement at the Intersessional Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on ICTs: Engaging all stakeholders to enhance capacity-building efforts.
• APC. APC statement on the proposed sale of Public Interest Registry/.ORG domain.
• Various. Joint statement for the protection of digital rights defenders.
• Various. Joint letter: Ban security and surveillance facial recognition.
• APC. APC Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: Thematic report on new information technologies, racial equality, and non-discrimination.

Toolkits and guides

• APC. Feminist internet ethical research practices.
• APC. Feminist internet research domains of change: Planning and assessment.