💬 “Digital participation only fulfils its true potential when young people move from having their voices heard to becoming actors who shape decisions.” — Aisha Dabo, @AfricTivistes.

At the NGO Forum of the #ACHPR, she called for digital participation that genuinely influences public policy.

3/3 Together with the #RELE_CIDH, #IACHR and #ACHPR, we set clear principles: mass surveillance is incompatible with proportionality, and no government can invoke national security to silence civil society.
Declaration: mailchi.mp/86a932a8ac41...
#HumanRights #DemocracyDay

1/3 On #InternationalDemocracyDay, I led a Joint Statement with #RELE_CIDH, #IACHR, and the #ACHPR: securitization and surveillance are eroding the freedoms that sustain democracy. #HumanRights #DemocracyDay
Declaration: mailchi.mp/86a932a8ac41...