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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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Dunstan Allison-Hope

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
Managing Director
Dunstan Allison-Hope

Dunstan leads BSR's human rights, inclusive economy, and women's empowerment practice areas. Dunstan's specialist fields are human rights due diligence in the technology sector and sustainability reporting and disclosure. Dunstan facilitated the multistakeholder process which led to the launch of the Global Network Initiative in October 2008.

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

Let's See the Evidence! Algorithmic decisions in real life - where and how are they used? El Jem (Laico) Responding to Mass Atrocities in the Digital Age: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Myanmar Hannibal (Laico)

10:30am BST

Beyond the Hype: AI innovation and human rights in the telecoms sector Oya 1 (Laico) From Call to Action: Visions for a Contract for the Web Carthage 2 (Laico) Unlocking the Potential for Digital Technology to Enable Human Rights Adean (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Women’s right to artistic freedom of expression in the digital age Jelsa (Laico) Future-Proofing Human Rights Documentation: Tools for Protecting Endangered Evidence Oya 1 (Laico) Cyberstability and Human Rights: Friends or Foes? An Interactive Dialogue with the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace Elyssa (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Data Trust Models in the Digital Era: A public, private and people matter Celtic (Palais) A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed: Building on the first public statements by business and civil society on business protection of civic freedoms Jelsa (Laico) Internet Regulation - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: A model for regulatory effectiveness Oya 1 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

The Future of Human Rights in the Governance of Artificial Intelligence Carthage 1 (Laico) Tracking Takedown Transparency Today and Tomorrow: Lessons learned and next steps for the emerging practice of transparency reporting on content moderation Dougga (Laico) Landmark: The Global State of Surveillance Tech - In Conversation with UN Special Rapporteurs The BeeHive (Palais)

5:15pm BST

Multistakeholder Models of Content Moderation: A global perspective Carthage 2 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Delegated Repression: How do the Russian state forces private actors to censor and to surveil? Oya 1 (Laico) Technology in Conflict: Assessing platform companies’ human rights responsibility and accountability in high-risk settings El Jem (Laico) Law Enforcement and the Internet of Things Cyrene (Laico)

10:30am BST

Do Our Faces Deserve the Same Protection as Our Phones? Regulation and governance of facial recognition technology Oya 1 (Laico) Tackling Takedowns: Building platform transparency and accountability Dougga (Laico) Peacebuilding in the Age of Technology Oya 3 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Balancing Data Protection and Access to Information: Internet RTBF case Utique (Laico)

2:15pm BST

It’s the business model, stupid! Targeted advertising and human rights Utique (Laico) Collective Intelligence Approaches to Expanding Violations Monitoring in Conflict Zones Biscay (Palais)

3:45pm BST

Enhancing Human Rights Due Diligence with Futures Methodology Carthage 2 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

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

9:00am BST

The Tone from the Top: Setting responsible regulation for tech Cyrene (Laico) You're Not Just a Pretty Face: Biometric surveillance has moved beyond face recognition - how do we stop it? Hannibal (Laico)

10:30am BST

Moving Beyond the Problem: Pathways to meaningful consent online Elyssa (Laico) Enhancing Processes and Empowering People: Exploring the potential of new technologies in private remediation of business-related human rights abuse Cyrene (Laico) Disinformation and Our Deepest Beliefs: Are more radical measures needed? L'Escale (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Addressing Hate Speech Online: Recipes for a rights-based approach Celtic (Palais) Lightning Talks: Building a Rights-Respecting Future – Innovative ways forward Village Stage (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)