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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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Felicitas Weber

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
KnowTheChain Project Lead
London

Interested in: impactful worker engagement, addressing forced labor, measuring corporate efforts to address forced labor (esp in lower tiers), engaging investors

9:00am BST

Measuring Respect for Human Rights – Using benchmarks to create a race to the top in the ICT sector Celtic (Palais)

10:30am BST

Developing New Models for Censorship: The cases of the Russian RuNet, the Great Firewall of China, and Iran’s Filternet Limes (Laico) Beyond the Hype: AI innovation and human rights in the telecoms sector Oya 1 (Laico) Working it out - journalism in the digital area : why we need an international pledge for Information and Democracy now more than ever Jelsa (Laico) Unlocking the Potential for Digital Technology to Enable Human Rights Adean (Palais)

1:00pm BST

Wide Whistleblowing: 9 NGOs, 10 countries, and 250 anonymous digital dropboxes Oya 3 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed: Building on the first public statements by business and civil society on business protection of civic freedoms Jelsa (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Engaging Citizens at Scale in Restrictive Environments Village Stage (Laico)

5:15pm BST

If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico) Responsible Investing 101: Investor action on human rights in the digital era Village Stage (Laico)

6:45pm BST

RightsCon Movie Night Oya 1 (Laico)

9:00pm BST

Mawjoudin and Access Now Diversity Party Bridge Bar (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Transparency with Teeth: Making supply chain data work in the apparel industry Dougga (Laico)

3:45pm BST

The Ranking Digital Rights 2019 Corporate Accountability Index: Which companies have improved their respect for your rights? Adean (Palais)

5:15pm BST

Old Crisis, Novel Means: Applying new tools to encourage company action in support of civic freedoms and human rights defenders Limes (Laico)

10:30am BST

Enhancing Processes and Empowering People: Exploring the potential of new technologies in private remediation of business-related human rights abuse Cyrene (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Protecting digital communities in democracies from the global reach of authoritarian countries Oya 1 (Laico) Voter Beware! Lessons from the ground Oya 3 (Laico) Designing a More Inclusive Digital Economy Oya 2 (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)