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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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Greg Miller

Global Greengrants Fund
Director of Special Projects
Boulder, CO

https://greengrants.org/

I coordinate Global Greengrants Fund's safety and security initiatives, international grantmaking, and strategic planning efforts. I would like to talk about how we might partner to protect human rights and environmental defenders.

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

6:30pm BST

RightsCon Opening Reception Palais des Congrès Terrace

9:00am BST

Combating Cybercrime Laws in the Middle East and North Africa Region Cyrene (Laico)

10:30am BST

Unlocking the Potential for Digital Technology to Enable Human Rights Adean (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Future-Proofing Human Rights Documentation: Tools for Protecting Endangered Evidence Oya 1 (Laico) Privacy in Employer-Employee Relationships: The grey areas in workers’ rights to privacy protection and employers’ legitimate interests Carthage 3 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

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

2:15pm BST

20 Years Since the Human Rights Defenders Declaration was Adopted at the UN, Over 150 HRDs Got Together in Paris to Celebrate Achievements, Discuss Current Challenges and Devise an Action Plan Cyrene (Laico) Government Hacking: Corporate Resistance or Assistance? Utique (Laico) Fundraising in the Post-Election Era: How to respond to unpredictable events and prepare for them in the future. Carthage 1 (Laico) Landmark: Philanthropy in the 21st Century The BeeHive (Palais)

3:45pm BST

Sustainable Practices Workshop - Sharing What Works Biscay (Palais) Bridge the Gap: Bringing Your Case to the U.N. Caspian (Palais)

5:15pm BST

If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico) Tiplines Today Elydhafa (Laico) Climate change under construction: an environmentally sustainable Internet Oya 2 (Laico)

6:45pm BST

RightsCon Movie Night Oya 1 (Laico)

9:00am BST

One size does NOT fit all: Diverse threat models across North Africa call for more refined digital security training and tools Elyssa (Laico)

10:30am BST

Meet the Funders: An OTR Q&A with donors Carthage 1 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Solving the problem of vicarious trauma in open source investigations Hannibal (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Mapping safety and security challenges between human rights defenders and funders Carthage 1 (Laico)

7:00pm BST

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

9:00am BST

Let's talk about local capacity, how to build, not kill Elydhafa (Laico)

10:30am BST

Solve My Problem: Indigenous Data Sovereignty El Jem (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Making Tech Digestible: Adventures of digital security trainers in Sub-Saharan Africa Leptis (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Where There Is Burnout There Is No Innovation: Managing stressors for a better physical and mental health Adean (Palais)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)