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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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Lisa Vermeer

Dutch MFA
Senior Policy Officer
The Hague, The Netherlands

Senior Policy Advisor on Human Rights and Internet
Dutch Focal Point for the Freedom Online Coalition
Managing Dutch Internet Freedom project portfolio Human Rights Fund

Former advisor to Dutch MPs on EU Justice and Home affairs, former research fellow at the Scientific Council for Government Policy on Internet governance and international cyber policy.

twitter.com/lisadichtbij

My Friends

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

Improving Cooperation to Advance Human Rights Online Amilcar (Laico) Cloudy with a chance of cybernorms? Dougga (Laico)

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) Terrorist online content regulations in Europe and beyond: changing the platform liability paradigm? Leptis (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Cyberstability and Human Rights: Friends or Foes? An Interactive Dialogue with the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace Elyssa (Laico)

1:00pm BST

The Benevolent Accomplices of Authoritarian Regimes on the Internet Carthage 1 (Laico) Help We Are Under Attack! A peek into the community of rapid responders Carthage 2 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

What role for regulators in the digital era? Caspian (Palais)

3:45pm BST

The Future of Human Rights in the Governance of Artificial Intelligence Carthage 1 (Laico) Landmark: The Global State of Surveillance Tech - In Conversation with UN Special Rapporteurs The BeeHive (Palais) Network Disruptions in Times of Conflict: Strategies for circumvention and resistance Oya 3 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Open Forum Leptis (Laico) Combating Fake News: Exploring approaches for protecting the messenger and the message Caspian (Palais) Digital Cooperation, Solved? Assessing the UN High Level Panel Utique (Laico)

9:00am BST

Do Moderators Dream of Electric Sheep? The potential for AI in regulating online content L'Escale (Laico)

10:30am BST

Tackling Takedowns: Building platform transparency and accountability Dougga (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Europe Palais Cafe / Dining Tent Defending Democracy from Foreign Interference in a Digital Age Caspian (Palais) Surveilling Dissent: Online spy mechanisms used by police against protestors L'Escale (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Who wants to be a terrorist? The radicalisation of free speech control through measures against terrorist content online Oya 2 (Laico) The humanitarian cybersecurity and privacy problem Oya 1 (Laico) Shaping Multilaterals: How civil society can influence and participate multilateral processes such as the UN or the WTO Elydhafa (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

10:30am BST

Platforms, free speech, and pluralism: Is there a role to play for media authorities? Adean (Palais) Sanctions, Bank-DeRisking, and the Squeeze on Human Rights: What is to be done? Elydhafa (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Causing an UPROAR! over internet freedom at the Universal Periodic Review Utique (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Tackling Terrorist Use of the Internet: A roadmap to holistic and human rights compliant solutions L'Escale (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

My Moderators Sessions

3:45pm BST

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