The confluence of rising inequality, debt crises, and the escalating climate emergency demands that Public Development Banks (PDBs) demonstrate genuine leadership in driving just, sustainable development. At this critical juncture, PDBs must move beyond rhetoric and commit to concrete, transformative actions, placing human rights, community leadership, and environmental sustainability at the core of all financing decisions. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) call on PDBs to embrace this responsibility and champion a new era of development finance.
FOC 10th Anniversary Helsinki Declaration - Towards a Rules-based, Democratic and Digitally Inclusive World
We, the Foreign Ministers of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member States, strongly reaffirm our commitment to protect and promote human rights for all, both online and offline, as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights instruments. Today, the FOC’s mission to promote Internet freedom and protect human rights online is more vital than ever. Access to free1 , open, interoperable, secure, and reliable Internet by all worldwide strengthens democracies and security.
The Ottawa Agenda: Recommendations for Freedom Online
Reaffirm our commitment to respect, protect and fulfil human rights for all, both online and offline, as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights instruments, as well as the Freedom Online Coalition’s various statements and declarations, including the Tallinn Agenda and Helsinki Declaration.
FOC Joint Statement on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
The Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) is a group of 32 countries deeply committed to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms both offline and online. We are committed to working together to support Internet freedom and human rights for individuals worldwide – including the freedoms of expression, association, peaceful assembly, and privacy rights.