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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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Thalia Kehoe Rowden

Human Rights Measurement Initiative
Communications Lead
Aotearoa New Zealand

humanrightsmeasurement.org

Kia ora!
I'm part of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative and delighted to be at my first RightsCon.
We are the first global project to track the human rights progress of countries.
Come and talk to us to explore how our data can be useful for making decisions and telling your important stories.

My Friends

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

6:30pm BST

RightsCon Opening Reception Palais des Congrès Terrace

9:00am BST

Tech Demos: Mischief managed – measuring and mapping for human rights Limes (Laico)

10:30am BST

2018 Human Rights Heroes Awards The BeeHive (Palais) Defense Against the Dark Arts: Meme Campaigns and Propaganda Elydhafa (Laico)

12:00pm BST

The Digital Language Divide: Why Prioritizing Underrepresented Languages Matters. Adean (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Strategically Litigating Internet Shutdowns and Cybercrime Laws in Africa: Reflecting on steps taken and the road ahead Oya 2 (Laico) Fundraising in the Post-Election Era: How to respond to unpredictable events and prepare for them in the future. Carthage 1 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Bridge the Gap: Bringing Your Case to the U.N. Caspian (Palais) From Failure to Hockeystick Growth - Human Centered Design and Lean Start-Up to Scale Social Impact Celtic (Palais)

5:15pm BST

Combating Fake News: Exploring approaches for protecting the messenger and the message Caspian (Palais)

9:00am BST

One Size Fits All? Taking global human rights apps to scale for use in wildly different local contexts Elydhafa (Laico) How you can start using data analytics to grow your organizations impact and resources...tomorrow! Adean (Palais)

10:30am BST

Lightning Talks: User experience and access in closed societies The BeeHive (Palais) Meet the Funders: An OTR Q&A with donors Carthage 1 (Laico) Know Thy Enemy: Narrative framing, storytelling, and tech in the disinformation age Oya 2 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Safety of Female Journalists Online: #SOFJO panel Celtic (Palais)

1:00pm BST

Intersection of technology, internet, and sexuality across gender and minority rights in Uganda Leptis (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Shaping Multilaterals: How civil society can influence and participate multilateral processes such as the UN or the WTO Elydhafa (Laico) Visual Investigations at the New York Times: Innovations in Truth Telling Adean (Palais)

3:45pm BST

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)

7:00pm BST

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

9:00am BST

The Dangers of Consuming Content (and other framing mistakes) Jelsa (Laico)

12:00pm BST

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

1:00pm BST

Emojis and human rights Carthage 3 (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)