Events
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Strategic Workshop of the DSA Human Rights Alliance
Digital Rights Hub (Access Now Europe Office), Rue Belliard 12, 1040 Brussels, BelgiumWith shrinking civic space, limited funding, and a general democratic decline in the EU and beyond, at-risk communities, including HRDs and exiled media, are becoming increasingly vulnerable online. Human rights defenders act as custodians of human rights. Online platforms often serve as their lifeline for accessing necessary information to continue their advocacy efforts. Nevertheless, HRDs
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Inter-American approach to the AI international regulatory landscape
Digital Rights Hub (Access Now Europe Office), Rue Belliard 12, 1040 Brussels, BelgiumDepending on the context, the word “regulation” could be seen as a threat since it could imply an incompatibility with innovation and the deployment of emerging technologies such as AI. Even when AI has a good potential to safely support access to goods, justice, and public space, its development should raise the attention of policymakers
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Access Now at Web Summit Vancouver
May 27 – May 30 Vancouver Convention Centre (1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3, Canada) In May 2025, thousands of international entrepreneurs, investors, media outlets, and leaders will convene at Web Summit Vancouver. Dubbed the “world’s premier tech conference” and “Glastonbury for geeks,” the summit is expected to gather over 15,000 attendees from the world’s tech
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The Digital Rights in Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC) 2025
AICB Centre for Excellence, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The Digital Rights in Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC) 2025 is a pivotal gathering of digital rights advocates, policymakers, and tech experts dedicated to discussing and addressing pressing digital rights issues in the Asia Pacific region. Below are some of the events Access Now will be joining: Day 1, 26
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Access Now at the 12th edition of CIPESA’s FIFAfrica
Windhoek International Convention Center, Windhoek, Namibia The Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2025 (#FIFAfrica25), hosted by the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) in partnership with Namibia’s Ministry of ICT and the Namibia IGF, will take place in Windhoek, Namibia, 24-26 September, 2025. Since its inception in 2014, FIFAfrica
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Access Now at India AI Impact Summit 2026
Bharat Mandapam The India AI Impact Summit 2026 is a high-profile international event involving heads of state and government, ministers, senior government officials, international delegations, industry leaders, media, and general delegates. Building on the momentum of previous multilateral initiatives, including the Bletchley Park, Seoul, Paris, and Kigali Summits, the AI Impact Summit is envisaged to
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Advancing Rights-Centered reporting on Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act
Since Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act was passed in 2015, more than two dozen journalists, human rights defenders and whistleblowers have been targeted by authorities, using overbroad prohibitions on “cyberstalking” to punish critical online speech and silence opposition voices. Alongside Human Rights Journalists Network, Socio Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP), and Avocats Sans Frontiers Nigeria (E-Rights
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Resisting anti-rights attacks on the LGBTQ+ movement in the digital age
Session description: The rise of the anti-rights movement is accelerating the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people and identity in Africa. In Senegal, the government’s amendment of Article 319 of Senegal’s Penal Code has triggered alarming crackdowns on LGBTQ+ people, online and offline. In Ghana, members of parliament recently passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values
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Not AI for Good
Session description: This civil society-led counter-event to the AI for Good Global Summit takes a critical look at the overhyped role of AI in solving humanity's long-standing problems, and at the UN’s ongoing partnerships with tech companies increasingly implicated in human rights abuses, violence, and armed conflict. Building on the recent joint civil society statement
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From surveillance to governance: recentering human rights in the UN AI agenda
Hybrid Side Event during UNGA81 High-Level Week
