The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), together with 23 international partners in the Global Digital Rights Coalition for the World Summit on the Information Society (GDRC-WSIS), has published a joint submission to the Zero Draft of the World Summit on the Information Society twenty-year review (WSIS+20) outcome document.

The submission highlights the need to anchor the WSIS+20 process in international human rights law, gender equality, and multistakeholder cooperation. It also supports making the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) a permanent body and aligning the WSIS+20 process with the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Our recommendations call for stronger safeguards to protect civic space and digital rights, ensure sustainable financing and capacity-building mechanisms, and prevent backsliding on key commitments. By working together, the coalition seeks to build a people-centered digital future where civil society can meaningfully participate in global digital governance.

The submission is jointly authored by Access Now, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), ARTICLE 19, Center for Communication Governance (CCG), CyberPeace Institute, Data Privacy Brasil, Derechos Digitales, Digital Rights Foundation, DW Akademie, the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), Fact Check West Africa, Fundación Multitudes, Global Forum for Media and Development (GFMD), Global Partners Digital (GPD), Global Network Initiative (GNI), the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), ICT Watch, Media Foundation for West Africa, Paradigm Initiative, Research ICT Africa, STOPAIDS, Tech Global Institute, WACC and Weiba Foundation.

Read the full submission here.