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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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avatar for Diego Valadares

Diego Valadares

UN Human Rights
Human Rights Officer
Geneva
Websiteohchr.org
I work in the Right to Development Section of UN Human Rights. I hold a LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Geneva Academy) and I am currently writing a PhD thesis on Political Science (Federal University of Minas Gerais).
Wednesday, June 12
 

9:00am

The big dataset in the sky: challenging geographies of discrimination Carthage 3 (Laico)

10:30am

2018 Human Rights Heroes Awards The BeeHive (Palais)

1:00pm

Digital Rights Monopoly Hannibal (Laico)

2:15pm

Data Trust Models in the Digital Era: A public, private and people matter Celtic (Palais)

3:45pm

"Data Driven" Foreign Aid and "Digital Development" Strategies: Are we disrupting disenfranchisement - or scaling It? L'Escale (Laico)

5:15pm

If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico)
 
Thursday, June 13
 

9:00am

Decolonising Cyberpolicy: Developing a Cyberpolicy Framework Relevant to the Global South Limes (Laico)

10:30am

Peacebuilding in the Age of Technology Oya 3 (Laico)

12:00pm

Regional Lunch: Latin America Laico Lower Community Village

2:15pm

Before the ship sails on AI governance, let's talk about trade Cyrene (Laico)

3:45pm

From Brazil to Africa, fighting for human rights and open infrastructures in the global south Amilcar (Laico)

5:15pm

AI 2050: Imagining AI trajectories in the Global South Elydhafa (Laico)

7:00pm

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

9:00pm

Party in the Penthouse 13th Floor (Laico)
 
Friday, June 14
 

9:00am

How to Impact the Global Human Rights Agenda: Recommendations from the UN High-level Panel Carthage 1 (Laico)

10:30am

Sanctions, Bank-DeRisking, and the Squeeze on Human Rights: What is to be done? Elydhafa (Laico)

12:00pm

Tunis +13¾: From the Tunis Agenda to RightsCon Tunis, it’s been a lifetime of internet governance Caspian (Palais) Lightning Talks: Land and labour in a digital world The BeeHive (Palais)

2:15pm

Designing a More Inclusive Digital Economy Oya 2 (Laico)

4:00pm

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)
 

My Moderators Sessions

Wednesday, June 12
 

9:00am

The big dataset in the sky: challenging geographies of discrimination Carthage 3 (Laico)