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RightsCon Tunis 2019

Welcome to the Official Schedule for RightsCon 2019, the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age.

Together at RightsCon Tunis, our first summit hosted in the Middle East and North Africa, more than 2500 expert practitioners will come together across over 400 sessions to shape, contribute to, and drive forward the global agenda for the future of our human rights.

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Fahmi Albaheth

ISOC - Yemen
Yemen

Human!

My Friends

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

6:30pm BST

RightsCon Opening Reception Palais des Congrès Terrace

9:00am BST

Measuring Respect for Human Rights – Using benchmarks to create a race to the top in the ICT sector Celtic (Palais)

10:30am BST

Change the Terms: Approaches for addressing a new era of hate online Carthage 1 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

RightsCon Info Session: Where to start? Oya 2 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Help We Are Under Attack! A peek into the community of rapid responders Carthage 2 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Securing a Line of Connectivity in War-torn Yemen: Shutdowns, blocking, and action Oya 3 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Landmark: The Global State of Surveillance Tech - In Conversation with UN Special Rapporteurs The BeeHive (Palais) Network Disruptions in Times of Conflict: Strategies for circumvention and resistance Oya 3 (Laico)

9:00am BST

How you can start using data analytics to grow your organizations impact and resources...tomorrow! Adean (Palais)

10:30am BST

Measuring internet shutdowns El Jem (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: MENA Laico Side Restaurant

1:00pm BST

Media Heroes: Safety matters – An interactive online and offline session on safety for Arabic speaking media makers in conflict areas Elydhafa (Laico)

2:15pm BST

The humanitarian cybersecurity and privacy problem Oya 1 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Defining Meaningful Access: An expanded approach to connectivity Elyssa (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Tech Demos: Changing the Name of the Game – New Ways to Raise Awareness Caspian (Palais) A Private Matter: Chat apps and journalism Carthage 3 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Broadcasting Peace During War: Yemeni community radios Oya 2 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Tech Demos: Fact or fiction – tools for verification Village Stage (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Doing Data Journalism Without Data: Against all odds, the "Yemeni Data Journalism Network" Leptis (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)