Derechos Digitales
A leading Latin American nonprofit defending and advancing human rights in the digital environment.
To defend, promote, and develop human rights in the digital environment in Latin America. Through legal research, public policy and technology analysis, advocacy, and digital-security training, Derechos Digitales works for a more just, inclusive, and equitable digital society, with a focus on freedom of expression, privacy, and access to knowledge.
AI areas they serve
Areas of Focus
Human rights in the digital environment
Freedom of expression online
Privacy and personal data protection
AI governance and human rights in Latin America
Feminist AI and gender perspectives in technology
Digital security and resilience training
Upcoming Goals
Defend human rights across AI's life cycle in Latin America
Advance a human-rights and gender perspective in regional AI governance
Strengthen the Latin American digital rights movement
Inform national and global debates with regional evidence
2005: Founded in Santiago, Chile, as a pioneer in Latin American digital rights, later growing to regional reach across the continent
Recent Updates
co-Executive Directors Jamila Venturini and J. Carlos Lara (since 2023).
AI Impact Summit: Nothing new on the horizon?
ICE technologies and the perverse automated system for the persecution of Latino migrants
Deepfakes: when technologies promote digital gender-based violence
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