Advocacy statements

IT for Change submitted a response to the public consultation to assess the EU's Horizontal and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines on 3 September 2025. We provided targeted inputs to the 'digitalisation' chapter to highlight the novel concerns emerging from the platform economy that remain largely unaddressed in the current iteration of the…

In September 2025, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a notice inviting comments on “significant foreign trade barriers” to US exports of goods and services, for inclusion in the 2026 National Trade Estimates (NTE)  Report. In response, IT for Change’s submission challenges the characterization of a range of…

In March 2025, the Trump Administration initiated a series of enquiries through the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on unfair and non-reciprocal trade practices in countries currently trading with the United States. The intent of the query is to slap tariffs on countries that are currently not permitting trade on terms…

Some members of the Global Digital Justice Forum—IT for Change, APC, Global Partners Digital, Derechos Digitales, and Media Monitoring Africa—collectively prepared a submission in response to a UN survey to identify the terms of reference and modalities for the establishment and functioning of the Independent International Scientific Panel on…

As part of our ongoing advocacy work in the digital rights space, IT for Change recently responded to a call for inputs titled 'Indigenous Peoples right to data, including data collection and disaggregation', issued by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The inputs will be used in a draft study which will be introduced by…

IT for Change has signed on to a letter submitted by scientists, academics, and scientific organizations from multiple regions across the world, expressing concerns regarding biosecurity risks in the ongoing negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) Annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement.

The letter reflects issues…

Our  Executive Director, Anita Gurumurthy, is a member of the UN CSTD Working Group on Data Governance. In line with its mandate under Para 48 of the UN Global Digital Compact, the Working Group is exploring follow-up recommendations towards equitable and interoperable data governance arrangements, through deliberations on four key tracks:…

IT for Change submitted its feedback/comments on the draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ("IT Rules") relating to synthetically generated information released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Our submission highlighted two key issues of the…

IT for Change, along with a coalition of civil society organizations—including Privacy International and Human Rights Watch—has released a Joint Civil Society Statement in response to the International Labour Organization’s Brown Report on decent work in the platform economy.

The statement outlines key shortcomings in the current draft…

In 2024, the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development established a Working Group on Data Governance to engage in a comprehensive dialogue on data governance at all levels, as relevant to development.…