Publications

This research paper explores migrant protests, criminalisation, and relevant international human rights standards. 

This scoping study examines the growing use of digital technologies by governments to suppress dissent beyond their borders, with a particular focus on how AI is transforming transnational repression.

Our new policy brief analyses platform risk assessments, and sets out how they can be strengthened to become meaningful tools for transparency under the EU Digital Services Act.

Read our policy paper with targeted recommedations to the EU, governments and banks to ensure defenders' financial inclusion in the EU.

Developed by ECNL and DIHR, this new guide lays out a clear roadmap for putting FRIAs into practice meaningfully, as strategic tools for responsible AI use.

New explainer for civil society organisations on how they can navigate processes that shape our digital future and human rights.

This new resource walks you through the key entry points to the bodies that set the technical and policy rules governing how the internet works.

The updated FME 2.0 offers very practical suggestions on how to engage civil society and affected communities in AI development to support platforms and AI developers in creating rights-based products.

How can lobbying be transparent without undermining the essential role of civil society in democratic governance?