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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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Javier Roura

ProtectDefenders.eu, the EU Human Rights Defenders mechanism
Communication Officer
Brussels Area, Belgium

protectdefenders.eu

ProtectDefenders.eu is the European Union Human Rights Defenders mechanism, established to protect defenders at high risk and facing the most difficult situations worldwide. Led by a Consortium of 12 NGOs active in the field of Human Rights.

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5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

10:30am BST

2018 Human Rights Heroes Awards The BeeHive (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)

12:00pm BST

Access No_! Voices from conflict zones Celtic (Palais)

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)

3:45pm BST

Bridge the Gap: Bringing Your Case to the U.N. Caspian (Palais)

10:30am BST

"Challenge Hate” - Countering “hate speech” against LGBTQ people in MENA Amilcar (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Latin America Laico Lower Community Village

2:15pm BST

Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Of the people, by the people, for the people Caspian (Palais)

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

5:15pm BST

Dispatches From the Front Lines of Civil Society's Pushback Against Closing Space Biscay (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Do Exiled Media Have a future? A quest for building resilience and sustainability! Oya 3 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Social Media, Mis/Disinformation, and Human Rights: Messages from Nations' Elections Biscay (Palais)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)