A/HRC/RES/47/16 7. Welcomes the efforts of national, regional and international stakeholders to bridge digital divides, and noting in this regard the eighteenth Francophonie summit on the theme “Connectivity in diversity: digital technology as a vector of development and solidarity in the French-speaking space”, to be held in Tunisia in November 2021; 8. Calls upon all States to accelerate efforts to bridge digital divides, including the gender digital divide, and to enhance the use of information and communications technology, in order to promote the full enjoyment of human rights for all, including by: (a) Fostering an enabling online environment that is safe and conducive to engagement by all, without discrimination and with consideration for individuals facing systemic inequalities; (b) Maintaining and enhancing efforts to promote access to information on the Internet as one means of facilitating affordable and inclusive education, health, justice and other public services globally, underlining the need to address digital literacy and digital divides; (c) Promoting equal opportunities, including gender equality, in the design, development, governance and implementation of information and communications technology and in mainstreaming a gender perspective in policy decisions and the frameworks that guide them; (d) Applying a comprehensive human rights-based approach in providing and expanding access to information and communications technology, and promoting, in consultation with all sections of society, including business enterprises and civil society actors, policies and guidelines for information and communications technology that include specific attention to gender considerations; (e) Respecting their human rights obligations in the development of regulatory frameworks and legislation on the development and use of digital technologies; 9. Encourages all States to support civil society in its efforts to address barriers to digital access; 10. Also encourages all States to take the necessary and appropriate measures to promote free, open interoperable, reliable and secure access to the Internet and, in a manner that complies with their international human rights obligations, address disinformation and advocacy of hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, in order to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights; 11. Condemns unequivocally measures in violation of international human rights law that prevent or disrupt an individual’s ability to seek, receive or impart information online, including Internet shutdowns and online censorship, calls upon all States to refrain from and to cease such measures, and also calls upon States to ensure that all domestic laws, policies and practices are consistent with their international human rights obligations with regard to freedom of opinion and expression, and of association and peaceful assembly, online; 12. Calls upon States to ensure net neutrality, subject to reasonable network management, and to prohibit attempts by Internet access service providers to assign priority to certain types of Internet content or applications over others for payment or other commercial benefit; 13. Calls upon all States to address security concerns on the Internet in accordance with their international human rights obligations to ensure the protection of all human rights online, in particular freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of association and of peaceful assembly, and privacy, including through democratic and transparent national institutions, based on the rule of law, in a way that ensures freedom and security on the Internet so that it can continue to be a vibrant force that generates economic, social and cultural development; 14. Stresses that many States all over the world need support in expanding infrastructure, technological cooperation and capacity-building, including human and institutional capacity-building, to ensure the accessibility, affordability and availability of the 4