All over the world – from the Americas to Europe to the Middle East to Africa and Asia – companies in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector face increasing government pressure to comply with domestic laws and policies in ways that may conflict with the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of expression and privacy.

In response, a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations (including human rights and press freedom groups), investors and academics spent two years negotiating and creating a collaborative approach to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector, and have formed an Initiative to take this work forward.

Core Documents

Our core documents describe GNI's objectives and the key commitments of the participants:

Principles  |  Implementation Guidelines  |  Accountability, Policy & Learning Framework

GNI 2014 Annual Report

GNI's 2014 Annual Report describes the initiative's work on freedom of expression and privacy during the past year.

Download the report.

Telecommunications Industry Dialogue

GNI is engaged in a two-year collaboration with the Telecommunications Industry Dialogue on Freedom of Expression and Privacy, a group of telecommunications operators and vendors who jointly address freedom of expression and privacy rights in the telecommunications sector in the context of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.