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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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Sharan Srinivas

Open Society Foundations
Program Officer
United Kingdom

https://opensocietyfoundations.org/people/sharan-srinivas

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

Combating Cybercrime Laws in the Middle East and North Africa Region Cyrene (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)

12:00pm BST

Women’s right to artistic freedom of expression in the digital age Jelsa (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Digital Rights Monopoly Hannibal (Laico) Pegasus Spyware Threatens Press Freedom, From Mexico to Saudi Arabia Biscay (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Strategically Litigating Internet Shutdowns and Cybercrime Laws in Africa: Reflecting on steps taken and the road ahead Oya 2 (Laico)

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)

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)

9:00am BST

Returning Protest to the People: A campaign to destigmatise protesters Village Stage (Laico)

10:30am BST

Does Social Media Deserve a Sin Tax? The impact of Internet service levies on human rights and sustainable development in Africa Utique (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Surveilling Dissent: Online spy mechanisms used by police against protestors L'Escale (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Warning! Access to the Internet Is Suspended for Security Reasons – A policy discussion on the effectiveness of Internet shutdowns L'Escale (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)

5:15pm BST

Election Watch: Addressing information freedom on the internet and the dangerous trend of internet shutdowns Carthage 2 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Knocking Out Impunity for Violence: Defending civic space in a time of conflict Carthage 2 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Aligning cybercrime laws with international human rights standards Carthage 3 (Laico) Sanctions, Bank-DeRisking, and the Squeeze on Human Rights: What is to be done? Elydhafa (Laico)

12:00pm BST

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

1:00pm BST

Making Tech Digestible: Adventures of digital security trainers in Sub-Saharan Africa Leptis (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Addressing Hate Speech Online: Recipes for a rights-based approach Celtic (Palais)