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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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BC

Balkis Chaabane

The Better Tomorrow Movement
Program Manager
Tunisia

I am a Peacebuilder, a Social Entrepreneur and an Activist. I hold several positions with different NGOs and am interested in Advocacy in the Ditigal age. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn: Balkis Chaabane or e-mail me: chaabenbalkis@yahoo.com // Would love to grab a coffee and chat about mutual interests or share details for more opportunities for all!! Reach out to me if you want help with navigating Tunis as well. Looking forward to this!

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

10:30am BST

Protecting the Integrity of the Global Information Space Celtic (Palais) Working it out - journalism in the digital area : why we need an international pledge for Information and Democracy now more than ever Jelsa (Laico)

6:45pm BST

RightsCon Movie Night Oya 1 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Global Citizen Laico Buffet Restaurant

2:15pm BST

Artificial Benevolence: Updating informed consent in the age of AI Celtic (Palais)

3:45pm BST

Enhancing Human Rights Due Diligence with Futures Methodology Carthage 2 (Laico) Elections and Public Discourse in Africa: Do social media platforms level the playing field? Oya 3 (Laico) Putting Human-Rights based Cybersecurity Strategies into Practice: A focus on Africa Elydhafa (Laico) Defining Meaningful Access: An expanded approach to connectivity Elyssa (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Complicit or Neutral? Social media content moderation in conflict areas L'Escale (Laico)

9:00am BST

An Innovative Equation for Improved Local Governance: Behavioral sciences + digital tools = new meaningful civic spaces Leptis (Laico) How to Impact the Global Human Rights Agenda: Recommendations from the UN High-level Panel Carthage 1 (Laico) Let's talk about local capacity, how to build, not kill Elydhafa (Laico)

10:30am BST

Countering hate, preserving free expression Caspian (Palais) How Can We Help Quality Journalism in the MENA Region Be Viable? Celtic (Palais)

12:00pm BST

The anatomy of tech-related Violence Against Women Cyrene (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Landmark: Voter Beware! - Microtargeting in Political Elections and Campaigns The BeeHive (Palais) The Network of Centers (NoC) Human Libraries: NoC Skills Session Carthage 1 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Protecting digital communities in democracies from the global reach of authoritarian countries Oya 1 (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)