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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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Nigel Pedlingham

RNW Media
Programme Manager Citizens' Voice
The Netherlands

https://rnw.org/what-we-do/citizens-voice/

Nigel is Programme Manager of Citizens' Voice at the Netherlands based INGO RNW Media.
RNW Media uses media for change. With innovative approaches to building digital media platforms and large scale inclusive digital communities RNW Media enables young people to make informed choices, engage in constructive dialogue, bridge divides and influence decision making.

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

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) Making Civic Tech Work for Democracy: Lessons from Tunisia, Nigeria, and Taiwan Biscay (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Access No_! Voices from conflict zones Celtic (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Busting Out of the Echo Chamber: an inclusive approach to build diverse online communities and generate constructive conversations between polarized youth Carthage 2 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Engaging Citizens at Scale in Restrictive Environments Village Stage (Laico) "Data Driven" Foreign Aid and "Digital Development" Strategies: Are we disrupting disenfranchisement - or scaling It? L'Escale (Laico)

5:15pm BST

If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico)

9:00pm BST

Mawjoudin and Access Now Diversity Party Bridge Bar (Laico)

10:30am BST

Measuring internet shutdowns El Jem (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Europe Palais Cafe / Dining Tent Defending Democracy from Foreign Interference in a Digital Age Caspian (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Beyond Dating Apps: LGBTQ people in other online platforms Oya 3 (Laico) How to build civil society cross-expertise in response to disinformation Carthage 1 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Data-Dialogue-Decisions: Creating alternative civic spaces for youth Oya 1 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Complicit or Neutral? Social media content moderation in conflict areas L'Escale (Laico) Business and Human Rights in Africa and South-Asia: Network shutdown and data disclosure requests under conflicting legal frameworks El Jem (Laico)

7:00pm BST

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

9:00pm BST

Party in the Penthouse 13th Floor (Laico)

9:00am BST

Kunyamazisha: Gagging online free speech in Sub-Saharan Africa Celtic (Palais) An Innovative Equation for Improved Local Governance: Behavioral sciences + digital tools = new meaningful civic spaces Leptis (Laico) Knocking Out Impunity for Violence: Defending civic space in a time of conflict Carthage 2 (Laico) Testing New Methods for Social Media Monitoring by Civic Groups in Elections Amilcar (Laico) Broadcasting Peace During War: Yemeni community radios Oya 2 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Platforms, free speech, and pluralism: Is there a role to play for media authorities? Adean (Palais) Disinformation and Our Deepest Beliefs: Are more radical measures needed? L'Escale (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Causing an UPROAR! over internet freedom at the Universal Periodic Review Utique (Laico) Do Exiled Media Have a future? A quest for building resilience and sustainability! Oya 3 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Emojis and human rights Carthage 3 (Laico)

My Moderators Sessions

2:15pm BST

Busting Out of the Echo Chamber: an inclusive approach to build diverse online communities and generate constructive conversations between polarized youth Carthage 2 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Data-Dialogue-Decisions: Creating alternative civic spaces for youth Oya 1 (Laico)