Publications
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Global AI Governance: Missed Opportunities for the Global South at the India AI Impact Summit
The India AI Impact Summit generated significant expectations, particularly because it was the first edition hosted in the Global South. India’s leadership created hope that the Summit could reposition global AI governance debates by centering the priorities of developing countries, strengthening South-South coordination, and advancing greater alignment with ongoing multilateral initiatives. However, by the conclusion of the Summit, many of these expectations had not been fulfilled.
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Data Privacy Brasil launches the AI Harm Library
Our repository systematizes evidence of harm caused by AI systems and reveals that nearly 29.6% of the documented harms directly affect psychological and social well-being. Learn more about the new initiative!
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AI Summit: Brazil and India on different moves?
One of the most notable dynamics in the opening days of the AI Impact Summit (February 16–19) has been the contrast between the address delivered by Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the posture adopted by India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, regarding the future of global AI governance.
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Data Privacy Brasil Joins the UN System with ECOSOC Consultative Status
Data Privacy Brasil has a strong track record of engagement in international processes, including those within the United Nations system. Now, in 2026, it officially becomes part of this system: we are an organization with consultative status with ECOSOC.
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What to expect from the India AI Impact Summit
During the week of February 16–20, Data Privacy Brasil will participate in the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. This is yet another “AI Summit,” an event now in its fourth edition, which each year is hosted by a different country and shaped by a unique framework. It is an opportunity for each host country to place its own agenda and priorities in the spotlight within the highly contested field of global artificial intelligence governance.
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Global South Alliance at the AI Impact Summit
In February 2026, New Delhi will host the AI Impact Summit, one of the leading global forums on artificial intelligence governance. Organized by the Indian government, the Summit builds on earlier high-level initiatives such as the AI Safety Summit (Bletchley Park, 2023), the AI Seoul Summit (2024), and the AI Action Summit (Paris, 2025). Although […]
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The Road to WSIS+20: Reflecting on Brazil’s positions and the international process of the WSIS+20 review
During 2025, Data Privacy Brasil engaged in an important process of the United Nations for global digital governance: the 20-year review of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS). The first part of this engagement was translated into the report The Road to WSIS+20: Key Country Perspectives in the Twenty-Year Review of the World Summit on the Information Society, coordinated by Global Partners Digital and Global Network Initiative. Our team followed the Brazilian engagement through the process, also contributing with government delegates and other stakeholders.
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Data Ecosystems and Infrastructures: The 1st Edition of the Data Governance School
Between November 10th and 14th, 2025, Data Privacy Brasil, with support from CEDIS-IDP, held the first edition of the Data Governance School at IDP in Brasília. With the support of CEDIS-IDP, the course offered a space for qualified discussion about viewing data and infrastructure in an integrated manner through the lens of data governance. See […]
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Centering human rights in the design and adoption of DPIs: Perspectives on DPI design, adoption and implementation
Members of the Global South Alliance joined the Global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Summit, convened from November 4 to 6, 2025, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa. The theme of the event was “Digital Public Infrastructure in Practice: Implementing Tomorrow’s Digital Society Today.” The summit was co-hosted by the World Bank […]
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Dados ecossistemas e Infraestruturas: A 1ª Edição da Escola de Governança de Dados
Entre 10 e 14 de novembro de 2025, a Data Privacy Brasil com apoio do CEDIS-IDP fez a primeira edição da Escola de Governança de Dados no IDP, em Brasília. Com apoio do CEDIS-IDP o curso promoveu um espaço de discussão qualificada dessa forma de enxergar dados e infraestrutura de maneira integrada a partir da governança de dados. Vem ver o que rolou no curso!
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