The Charter is open to signature by States, by organizations, and by citizens. Each signature carries the same weight in the work of the Initiative: a public commitment to the principles and a willingness to advocate for them in the rooms one already occupies.
The International Data Sovereignty Charter of 2026 is open to signature by any State or organization wishing to express its alignment with the principles contained herein. Signature creates no binding obligation; it creates an invitation, to yourselves and to the international community, to act in accordance with what you have signed, in good faith and at your own pace.
Use the form to register the interest of your government, ministry, or designated representative. The Office of the Custodian will be in touch within ten working days to coordinate the formal signature process.
The Founding Member program is the parallel track for companies and institutions that recognize that the people whose data, attention, and creative output they receive must remain sovereign over the same. Founding Members are organizations that wish to identify themselves, publicly, with the principles of the Charter and the work of the Initiative.
Founding Members commit to one principle: the operations of their organization, in their own assessment, can stand alongside the principles of the Charter. They do not undertake any legal obligation. They do not transfer any commercial control to the Initiative. They support the work, lend their name to the registry of Founding Members published in the Annual Report, and participate — at their option — in the methodological consultation by which the Index evolves.
The Charter is open to signature by States, by organizations, and — equally — by the citizens whose data, identity, and digital lives the Charter exists to protect. A citizen's signature is a public affirmation: "I share the principles of the International Data Sovereignty Charter of 2026, and I will advocate for their adoption in the law of my country and in the design of the institutions I depend upon."
Citizen signatures are kept in a public Citizens' Roll, maintained by the Office of the Custodian. The Roll is what gives the Charter its legitimacy: when a head of state asks why this matters, the Roll is the answer — a count of named human beings who have publicly committed themselves to the principles and who will, by their advocacy, hold their States accountable.
If you are not yet ready to sign — or if you have signed and want to follow the work — the Initiative publishes a small number of dispatches each year: signing notices, the Annual Report on Data Sovereignty Progress, methodological notes, and recognitions for notable progress. We do not sell our list. We do not flood our subscribers. We send what is worth sending, and only that.
Insist of your own State that these principles enter the law of your land. Insist of your own institutions that these principles enter the design of the products you use.