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VOL. 12, ISSUE 1 (2026)
Adapting constitution to technology: The evolution of rights across sovereign states
Authors
Venkatesh S
Abstract
The evolution of Humankind started about 7
million years ago; however, the past 25 years’ have been a witness of a newer
evolution called the digital evolution. The digital evolution is characterized
by artificial intelligence, surveillance technologies, social media platforms
and cross border data sharing - which generates a new form of power,
vulnerability and rights that challenges the constitutional orthodoxy. As the
Sovereign states start to grapple with the restructuring of digital society,
the traditional boundary between the state and the individual will be redrawn.
Implementation of new digital rights rephrase the constitutional shift from
static legal protection to dynamic technological oversight. This paper analyses
the diverse pathways of constitutional adaptation across different sovereign
states and explores the pioneering frameworks including “Digital Magna Carta”
movements in various nations, the formal constitutional amendments in states
like Portugal, Brazil, and Chile. Furthermore, the paper also discusses the
deployment of these rights within the sovereign states for a dual function
mechanism: first, to protect the individuals from intrusive capacities of both
the state and dominant private monopolies and second, to assert legal sovereignty
in a borderless cyberspace. The study concludes that formally recognizing
digital rights as constitutional imperatives is essential to protect democratic
freedom, it also argues that the effectiveness of the modern sovereign states
now depends on the ability to adapt the idea of liberty into the digital
realities of 21st century.
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Pages:535-538
How to cite this article:
Venkatesh S "Adapting constitution to technology: The evolution of rights across sovereign states". International Journal of Law, Vol 12, Issue 1, 2026, Pages 535-538
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