This position paper is the result of the collaboration between the partner organisations, Paradigm Initiative, Data Privacy Brasil, Pollicy, Research ICT Africa, Internet Bolivia, and Digital Rights Foundation – all part of the Global South Alliance.

With this paper, we seek to address some of the pressing issues for civil society in the field of digital rights, highlighted by the experiences of these organisations, considering the UN Global Digital Compact (GDC) process and the Summit of the Future.

In March 2023, the Data Privacy Brasil Research Association (Brazil), together with Research ICT Africa (South Africa), Aapti Institute (India), Internet Bolivia (Bolivia), Kenyan ICT Action Network (Kenya), and Paradigm Initiative (Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Zambia, Zimbabwe), submitted a joint contribution to the UN Digital Global Compact (GDC), being a significant effort. At the time of the submission, the website did not indicate