Around the world, public and private institutions increasingly require individuals to enroll in digital identity systems to access services.
IDENTITY IS A HUMAN RIGHT
Identity is tied to so many other rights, including:
Anti-discrimination / Equality
Privacy
Economic & Social Rights
Freedom of Expression
Digital identity and digital public infrastructure (DPI) systems can increase the risk of exclusion and discrimination, violate privacy, and misuse data. Instead, these systems must respect, protect and promote human rights and the rule of law.
Governments and private sector actors often dictate the design and deployment of digital ID technologies without the involvement of affected communities. This leads to harms, exclusion, and distrust, especially when digital ID systems are made mandatory to access vital services and to exercise human rights and freedoms.
We are a transnational community of civil society organizations, researchers, and advocates dedicated to protecting equity, justice, and human rights in digital identity systems.
As digital transformation accelerates, our network provides a platform for solidarity, research, advocacy, and collective action to resist and reshape digital ID programs that undermine rights and dignity.
+60 members in 5 Regions
Together we aim to:
Develop
A consistent platform for research, knowledge sharing and learning about Digital Identity and human rights.
Share
Information on country-level and global developments as well as technical knowledge.
Facilitate
Opportunities for collaboration and dialogue with stakeholders at various levels and across fields.
Build
Momentum through collective advocacy and amplify the work of coalition members.
Interested in Joining the Community?
Coalition members
Africa
- Africa Matters Initiative
- AfroLeadership
- ASUTIC
- Black Sash
- Changement Social Benin
- CIPESA
- CIPIT
- Climax
- Give1project
- Haki na Sheria Initiative
- Internews
- ISER
- KICTANet
- Katiba Institute
- Lawyers Hub
- MISA
- Norwegian Refugee Council
- Nubian Rights Forum
- Paradigm Initiative
- Polaris Association
- Pollicy
- RAA
- RIA
- TNET
- University Gaston Berger, Saint Louis
- Unwanted Witness
- YAS
- Zenzeleni
Asia
- Aapti Institute
- BLAST
- Centre for Internet & Society
- HRF
- Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services
- Innovation for Change
- Nationality for All
- Responsible Business
Europe
- Epicenter.works
- Norwegian Refugee Council
- Privacy International
- Worldvision, Collaborative Cash Delivery
Latin America & the Caribbean
- Asociación por los Derechos Civiles
- Data Privacy Brazil
- Derechos Digitales
- Hiperderecho
- ITS Rio
- Karisma
- R3D Mexico
- SlashRoots
- TEDIC
North America
- Access Now
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association
- Namati
- Digital Welfare State Project, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice (CHRGJ) at NYU Law
- Open Society Foundations
- Localization Lab
- Surveillance Resistance Lab
- Temple University’s Institute for Law, Innovation & Technology (iLIT)
