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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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RightsCon is brought to you by Access Now.

Raman Jit Singh Chima

Access Now
Senior International Counsel and Policy Director
New Delhi Area, India

https://accessnow.org

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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

Equality Labs Press Conference for the release of "Facebook India: Towards the Tipping Point of Violence. Casteist and Religious Hate Speech on the platform." Utique (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Outcomes of the 3rd Global Conference of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network and Presentation of the Internet & Jurisdiction Global Status Report Adean (Palais)

5:15pm BST

Biometric Technologies and Data as Tools for the ‘Responsible’ and ‘Proper’ Identification of Terrorists: A human rights inventory El Jem (Laico) If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico) Indian elections, disinformation, and the state of Indian Social Media Cyrene (Laico)

9:00am BST

Hope for Resilience: Shifting the narrative, advancing wellbeing Carthage 3 (Laico) Decolonising Cyberpolicy: Developing a Cyberpolicy Framework Relevant to the Global South Limes (Laico)

10:30am BST

Do Our Faces Deserve the Same Protection as Our Phones? Regulation and governance of facial recognition technology Oya 1 (Laico) Tackling Takedowns: Building platform transparency and accountability Dougga (Laico) One Cross-Border Treaty to Rule Them All: The Budapest Convention Protocol Elydhafa (Laico) Defending Encryption: Lessons from the Australian frontline Village Stage (Laico) The Network of Internet & Society Centers Information Quality Meetup Celtic (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Balancing Data Protection and Access to Information: Internet RTBF case Utique (Laico) Digital Identity for Refugees: Special considerations for protection and privacy Adean (Palais)

1:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Asia Palais Cafe / Dining Tent A Fireside Chat with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince Oya 1 (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)

3:45pm BST

Defining Meaningful Access: An expanded approach to connectivity Elyssa (Laico)

5:15pm BST

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

Landmark: Tracked - Pitfalls and Promises of Digital Identification Systems The BeeHive (Palais) You're Not Just a Pretty Face: Biometric surveillance has moved beyond face recognition - how do we stop it? Hannibal (Laico)

10:30am BST

Network Propaganda in a Comparative Perspective: a South-North dialogue about democracy, privacy and free speech Oya 3 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Protecting Freedom of Expression in a Complex World: The role of courts and tribunals L'Escale (Laico) Antitrust, consumer protection, and the digital economy Elyssa (Laico)

2:15pm BST

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