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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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Ines Osman

MENA Rights Group
Director
Geneva Area, Switzerland

https://menarights.org

Hi! I am French-Algerian human rights lawyer, co-founder & director of MENA Rights Group. We are a team of lawyers providing legal counselling to victims of abuses and lobbying for legal and policy reform in the MENA region.

My Friends

10:30am BST

Enabling Digital Civic Space: A Conversation with UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clement Voule Caspian (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Future-Proofing Human Rights Documentation: Tools for Protecting Endangered Evidence Oya 1 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

AI for Justice: Opportunities and limitations to analyzing today's human rights data troves Cyrene (Laico) Lightning Talks: Questioning access and accountability The BeeHive (Palais) Pegasus Spyware Threatens Press Freedom, From Mexico to Saudi Arabia Biscay (Palais)

3:45pm BST

How Tech Firms Enable Human Rights Violations in Palestine Jelsa (Laico) Sustainable Practices Workshop - Sharing What Works Biscay (Palais) This is Not Legal Advice: How lawyers navigate troubled waters and keep the NGO afloat Utique (Laico) Landmark: The Global State of Surveillance Tech - In Conversation with UN Special Rapporteurs The BeeHive (Palais)

5:15pm BST

Lightning Talks: The cost of speaking up – defending freedom of expression The BeeHive (Palais) Cyber warfare and defense in a tumultuous Middle East Dougga (Laico)

9:00am BST

Technology in Conflict: Assessing platform companies’ human rights responsibility and accountability in high-risk settings El Jem (Laico) Hope for Resilience: Shifting the narrative, advancing wellbeing Carthage 3 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Separating human rights activism from regime change Cyrene (Laico) Meet the Funders: An OTR Q&A with donors Carthage 1 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: MENA Laico Side Restaurant

2:15pm BST

Violence and Harassment: Navigating the hazardous online world for women in North Africa Leptis (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Fear, Friction, and Flooding: New models of censorship in the MENA region (the case of Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey) Carthage 3 (Laico) Co-designing and Threat-modeling Accountability Tools for Restricted Civic Spaces: the Egypt Social Progress Indicators platform Biscay (Palais) Mapping safety and security challenges between human rights defenders and funders Carthage 1 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Old Crisis, Novel Means: Applying new tools to encourage company action in support of civic freedoms and human rights defenders Limes (Laico)

9:00am BST

Values-based Organizations: How can stories help us to create organizational values collectively and make them workable? Caspian (Palais)

10:30am BST

Aligning cybercrime laws with international human rights standards Carthage 3 (Laico) Surveillance Tech and Oppressive Governments: Exploring cases of abuse and avenues for global cooperation going forward Carthage 1 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Protecting Freedom of Expression in a Complex World: The role of courts and tribunals L'Escale (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Tech Policy, AI and Investment in the GCC: A path to digital development or digital dystopia? Carthage 3 (Laico) 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)