Derechos Digitales is a pioneering Latin American digital rights organization whose mission is to defend, promote and advance human rights in the digital environment in order to contribute to more just, inclusive and equal societies. Founded in 2005, it plays a key role in pushing for a regional digital rights agenda that is grounded in social justice through the production
of situated and territorialized knowledge that feeds into research, campaigns, events, joint advocacy efforts, among other lines of action. Since 2021, Derechos Digitales develops analysis on the impacts of Artificial Intelligence to human rights in Latin America, with a particular focus on the government use of AI for public policies. Identifying a series of gaps to Global South participation on decision-making regarding the governance of AI, Derechos Digitales has been an active participant in different forums, taking a Latin American perspective to global discussions. Derechos Digitales has also been working to map and advance feminists principles for AI, learning from activits and developers from Latin America in partnership with A+ Alliance.
Proper regulatory frameworks and a critical approach to AI in Latin America are key for the advancement of any use of these technologies that are respectful of human rights and do not result in new forms of discrimination. Derechos Digitales is working towards that direction by producing empirical evidence on impacts and best practices for AI development and deployment, in order to foster better policymaking in the field. It has developed recommendations, toolkits and capacity building programs in order to advance critical capacities within the decision-makers in the region. All materials are available in English, Portuguese and Spanish at https://ia.derechosdigitales.org.
