Resources in 'Digital Rights'

This section provides information on key frameworks, tools and guidance to support investors with incorporating human rights criteria into investment decision-making, engaging with companies on the issues of digital rights for responsible business conduct. 

Children’s Rights and the Internet: From Guidelines to Practice, UNICEF, 2016

This publication includes a compilation of articles published on Guardian Sustainable Business about how different organizations, companies, and individuals are working to make the Internet and mobile technology safer for children, but also as a vehicle for children to

Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, Council of Europe

This Convention (Treaty No.108) is the first binding international instrument which protects the individual against abuses which may accompany the collection and processing of personal data and which seeks to regulate at the same time the transfrontier flow of personal

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for

Microsoft Human Rights Center

Updates of Microsoft's latest human rights work based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the Global Network Initiative Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy.

Transparency Reporting Index, Access Now

Transparency reporting is one of the strongest ways for technology companies to disclose threats to user privacy and free expression.

ICT Sector Guide on Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

This guide was written by Shift and the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) for the European Commission.

GNI Guiding Principles on Privacy and Free Speech

The Global Network Initiative's Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy (“the GNI Principles”) provide direction and guidance to the ICT industry and its stakeholders in protecting and advancing the enjoyment of these human rights globally.