The Ottawa Agenda:RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FREEDOM ONLINE

About the Freedom Online Coalition

The Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) is a multilateral coalition of 35 governments that collaborate to advance Internet freedom worldwide. The Coalition provides a forum for like-minded governments to coordinate efforts and work with civil society, the private sector, and other stakeholders to support the ability of individuals to exercise their human rights and fundamental freedoms online. The FOC invites all states that support a free, open, secure, and interoperable Internet to apply to join the FOC.

The mission and vision of the FOC are founded upon the notion that the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online; a pioneering notion originally outlined in the founding FOC Hague Declaration, reaffirmed in the Nairobi Terms of Reference, Tallinn Agenda, and San José Statement, and further confirmed in UN Human Rights Council resolutions 20/8, 26/13, 28/16, and 32/13, adopted July 5, 2012, June 26, 2014, March 26, 2015, and July 1, 2016, respectively, as well as resolutions 68/167, 69/166, and 71/199 adopted by consensus by the UN General Assembly respectively on December 18, 2013, December 18, 2014, and December 19, 2016.

The FOC seeks to identify best practices regarding the application of human rights obligations and commitments in the evolving online landscape, as well as to call attention to conditions that undermine those rights.

To learn more and view FOC documents, click here