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

Public Report on the 2015/16 Independent Company Assessments

GNI and the Industry Dialogue: Working Together

From February 1st, 2016, seven companies from the Telecommunications Industry Dialogue, Millicom, Nokia, Orange, Telefónica, Telenor Group, TeliaSonera, and Vodafone Group, have official observer status within the GNI. Observer status, which lasts for one year and precedes full GNI membership, is an opportunity for the ID companies to engage directly within GNI’s unique multi-stakeholder forum of ICT companies, human rights and press freedom groups, academics and investors.