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SUMMARY:DRAPAC and APrIGF 2024
DESCRIPTION:The Digital Rights Asia Pacific Conference (DRAPAC) 2024\n\n\n\nAugust 18 – August 19 \n\n\n\nThe Digital Rights Asia Pacific Conference (DRAPAC) 2024 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. \n\n\n\nBelow are some of the events Access Now will be joining at the Digital Rights Asia Pacific Conference: \n\n\n\n\n\nDay 2\, August 19\n\n\n\n\n\nWho’s afraid of government super-apps? Digitalization’s impact on privacy and surveillance risks \n\n\n\n10:30 am – 11:30 pm Taipei Time | Room 203\, NTUH International Convention Centre \n\n\n\nDigitalization and e-governance projects are rapidly gaining momentum in Asia\, with examples like the Philippines’s eGov PH app and Taiwan’s pandemic management efforts. However\, these projects raise important concerns about privacy and surveillance. Hosted by Access Now\, this session will bring together regional stakeholders to discuss emerging and potential threats of such projects. Raman Jit Singh Chima\, Access Now’s Asia Pacific Policy Director\, will lead the discussion. \n\n\n\nHow does the government use our personal data? Challenges in FOI\, litigation and legislation \n\n\n\n10:30 am – 11:30 am Taipei Time | Theatrette 301\, NTUH International Convention Centre \n\n\n\nAs data sharing ramps up between government bodies and third parties\, the question becomes: how can people reclaim control of their data? Featuring Poren Chiang\, Access Now’s Asia Pacific Extern\, this session will explore civil society’s efforts to fight for digital rights against the backdrop of long-term data exploitation and breaches\, spotlighting case studies from Taiwan\, including the authorized secondary use of the National Health Insurance Database and the widespread home registration data breach impacting nearly the entire population in the country. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) 2024\n\n\n\nAugust 21 –  August 23 \n\n\n\nThe Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) 2024 serves as a crucial platform for stakeholders across the region to engage in discussions on internet governance issues. This forum brings together representatives from government\, private sector\, civil society\, and academia to address challenges and opportunities in the digital landscape. \n\n\n\nBelow are some of the events Access Now will be joining during the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum: \n\n\n\n\n\nDay 0\, August 20\n\n\n\n\n\nFor a better digital democracy: defend and strengthen digital rights with public-private partnership \n\n\n\n1:30 pm – 5:30 pm Taipei Time | 2F\, NPO HUB Taipei \n\n\n\nAhead of APrIGF 2024\, Access Now and Wikimedia Taiwan will co-host a side event to explore AI\, digital privacy\, and the impact of civic groups on digital democracy\, with the following agenda: \n\n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Taipei Time: AI’s human right crisis and the role of civic sector \n\n\n\nThe discussion will be moderated by Namrata Maheshwari\, Access Now’s Senior Policy Counsel and Encryption Policy Lead. Panelists joining the conversation include Isabel Hou\, AI Academy Taiwan’s Secretary General; Peter Micek\, Access Now’s Legal and UN Policy Director; and Isedua Oribhabor\, Access Now’s Business and Human Rights Manager. \n\n\n\n3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Taipei Time: Public-private partnership and digital privacy protection \n\n\n\nThis session will be moderated by  Raman Jit Singh Chima\, Access Now’s Asia Pacific Policy Director. Panelists include Elizabeth Donkervoort\, ABA ROLI’s East Asia Program Director; Faydah Dumarpa\, the Commissioner for Emerging Technologies at the Philippines Commission on Human Rights; and Chia-Shuo Tang\, Open Culture Foundation Taiwan’s Research Manager. \n\n\n\n4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Taipei Time: How could civic groups create policy impact in digital democracy? \n\n\n\nThis session will be moderated by Wei-Chen Lim\, Open Culture Foundation Taiwan’s Executive Secretary. Panelists include Don Le\, Article 19’s coordinator; Shruti Narayan\, Access Now’s Asia Pacific Policy Counsel; Faiz Naeem\, Access Now’s Asia Pacific Program Associate\, along with participants from the local internet governance community and members of Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline. \n\n\n\nTo attend this side event\, please RSVP. It will be held in Mandarin and English with interpretation services available for both languages. \n\n\n\nUPDATE: Reservations for this event are now closed! \n\n\n\n\n\nDay 2\, August 22\n\n\n\n\n\nA multistakeholder approach to safeguarding information integrity through advancing internet governance in Asia and the Pacific \n\n\n\n10:10 am  – 11:10 am Taipei Time |  402CD\, NTUH International Convention Centre \n\n\n\nThis session will tackle internet governance in the Asia Pacific region\, focusing on the challenges and opportunities for safeguarding online information amid the 2024 elections and AI advancements. It will highlight the importance of a multistakeholder approach — engaging governments\, civil society\, the private sector\, and academia — to drive effective governance. The session features Raman Jit Singh Chima\, Access Now’s Asia Pacific Policy Director. \n\n\n\nIs Asia Pacific ready for AI? Balancing innovation\, ethical governance\, and marginalized needs \n\n\n\n11:30 am – 12:30 pm Taipei Time | 402CD\, NTUH International Convention Centre \n\n\n\nThe rapid growth and broad adoption of AI technologies across the Asia Pacific region raises ethical concerns due to its diverse cultural\, legal\, and socioeconomic landscape. As AI becomes more embedded in daily life\, effective governance is crucial to balance innovation with ethics. Featuring Poren Chiang\, Access Now’s Asia Pacific Extern\, this session will explore AI governance in the region\, using frameworks focused on human rights\, accountability\, and transparency to uncover key lessons and address existing gaps. \n\n\n\nNavigating the complex terrain of internet intermediaries liability and online frauds \n\n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Taipei Time | Room 401\, NTUH International Convention Centre \n\n\n\nThis panel will explore how recent regulatory trends might incentivize platforms to address online harms\, while also weighing the potential human rights violations that could arise from compulsory regulatory measures like fines or network access restrictions. Featuring Raman Jit Singh Chima\, Access Now’s Asia Pacific Policy Director\, the discussion will focus on online fraud as a key example of harmful content that platforms need to manage. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER FOR DRAPAC\n\n\n\nREGISTER FOR APrIGF\n\n\n\nREGISTER FOR THE ACCESS NOW SIDE EVENT
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/drapac-and-aprigf-2024/
CATEGORIES:Past event
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SUMMARY:United Nations General Assembly 79th Session (UNGA79)
DESCRIPTION:Venue: United Nations Headquarters & surrounding  New York City area\, New York\, USA (and virtual) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79) will start on Tuesday 10 September 2024. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday 24 September 2024 through to Monday 30 September 2024.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, the highly anticipated Summit of the Future will be held during UNGA79 with Summit of the Future Action Days on Friday 20 September and Saturday 21 September\, followed by an official Heads of State and Government summit on Sunday 22 September and Monday 23 September\, 2024. The Summit aims to address “the critical challenges and gaps in global governance exposed by recent global shocks.” The Summit will adopt three agreements: a Pact for the Future\, Global Digital Compact\, and Declaration on Future Generations. Access Now has been actively following the Global Digital Compact process. For more information view our FAQ on the Global Digital Compact.  \n\n\n\nBelow are some of the public events Access Now will be joining at UNGA79 2024. Follow the link below to the official United Nations website for the registration process\, and to confirm time\, date and locations of sessions\, which may change. High-level debates will be livestreamed on UN Web TV. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration details\n\n\n\nAdd To Calendar\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 19 September \n\n\n\n\n\nGlobal Digital Compact Civil Society Strategic Discussion Space \n\n\n\nThursday 19 September\, 2024 (08:00 – 12:00 EDT)\, Scandinavian House  \n\n\n\nIn preparation for the finalization of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) this event aims to provide space for civil society organizations to critically discuss the final text and engage in strategic discussion around the implementation and follow-up of the GDC. This is an opportunity to align agendas on cross-cutting progressive issues and coordinate efforts across regions and themes. \n\n\n\nThe side event is coordinated by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC)\, IT for Change\, Equality Now\, Alliance for Universal Digital Rights (AUDRi)\, Women at the Table/ <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms\, Pollicy\, Derechos Digitales\, Women Rights Online\, UN Women and UNFPA.  \n\n\n\nThe side event will be held in English.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister here to attend in person\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday 21 September\n\n\n\n\n\nA Digital Future For All  \n\n\n\nSaturday 21 September\, 2024 (10:30-17:00 EDT)\, United Nations Headquarters ECOSOC Chamber \n\n\n\nThis full day session is co-convened by the Office of the Special Envoy on Technology (OSET)\, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)\, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and “will bring forward-looking commitments from all stakeholders to harness innovation\, science and data in a more inclusive\, safe and sustainable manner” as part of the digital track of the Summit of the Future. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of the Commons: Digital Public Goods for a More Secure\, Inclusive\, and Resilient World \n\n\n\nSaturday 21 September\, 2024 (11:15-12:30 EDT)\, United Nations Headquarters Conference Room 2  \n\n\n\nThe Pact for the Future and Global Digital Compact offer an important opportunity to ensure that Digital Public Goods (DPGs) and Digital Public Infrastructures (DPIs) are able to shape our digital world for the public good. This event will spotlight success stories and explore how DPGs and DPIs can ensure that people around the world have a say in how technology is developed and governed\, bridge digital divides\, empower communities\, and advance Sustainable Development Goals. The event will also tackle governance challenges and map a path toward a globally inclusive digital future.  \n\n\n\nThis side event is co-sponsored by the UN Member State Delegations of Mexico\, Poland\, and Germany\, as well as the organizations Access Now (featuring Marianne Díaz Hernández as speaker)\, TUM Think Tank\, Network of Centers\, Wikimedia Deutschland\, Wikimedia Czech Republic\, and Wikimedia Europe. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Critical Role of Human Rights in Realizing the Pact for the Future  \n\n\n\nSaturday 21 September\, 2024 (13:00-14:15 EDT)\, United Nations Headquarters Conference Room 2  \n\n\n\nThis side event will discuss the value of human rights in achieving sustainable development\, peace\, and security\, and in ensuring the effective enjoyment of all human rights by all. It will showcase concrete applications of human rights as a bridge-builder between the people and the institutions of the State in a range of areas\, including addressing inequalities\, tackling discrimination\, and confronting new and emerging challenges. \n\n\n\nThis side event is co-organized by the UN Human Rights Office\, Costa Rica\, South Africa\, the European Union\, Action for Sustainable Development\, and CIVICUS. Further information\, including the Concept Note of the event\, will be shared in due course and posted on the OHCHR website. \n\n\n\n\n\nMonday 23 September\n\n\n\n\n\nWar\, famine\, and satellites: Connecting the dots of the humanitarian impact of shutdowns in Sudan \n\n\n\nMonday 23 September\, 2024 (10:00-11:00 EDT)\, Access Now Office (and virtual)  \n\n\n\nA preventable\, human-caused famine is unfolding in Sudan\, and internet shutdowns are playing a direct role. With peace negotiations failing\, humanitarian access efforts center on getting food into territories controlled by warring parties. With this event\, we aim to supplement those crucial negotiations by exploring telecommunications and the role of digital connectivity in advancing peace and humanitarian access.  \n\n\n\nThis expert discussion session alongside UNGA 79 would highlight the work of GISA\, presenting findings from their briefing “Digital Lifelines: How Internet Connectivity Enables Vital Aid in Sudan.” The report is the result of the Sudan Crisis Response project\, launched to enhance communication resilience for local humanitarian actors\, journalists\, and human rights defenders\, and also tested a variety of connectivity solutions including low earth orbit satellites (LEOs). \n\n\n\n\nWatch here\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday 25 September \n\n\n\n\n\nForeign Policy Tech Forum: Accelerating Global Connectivity and Progress Toward the SDGs  \n\n\n\nWednesday 25 September\, 2024 (08:30 – 10:30 EDT)\, Rockefeller Plaza and Virtual  \n\n\n\nAs emerging technologies reshape global dynamics\, policymakers are tasked with developing robust frameworks that can keep pace\, ensuring that innovation and technology advance the public good. They\, along with industry\, finance\, development\, and civil society\, must navigate the complexities of supporting equitable growth\, managing evolving threats\, and addressing critical issues such as AI ethics\, digital sovereignty\, cybersecurity\, biosecurity\, and more.   \n\n\n\nThis year’s forum will explore how advanced technologies can foster greater connectivity and prosperity\, emphasizing the crucial role of science\, biotech\, technology\, and innovation (STI) within the UN framework. Through a series of panel discussions and one-on-one conversations\, the FP Tech Forum @ UNGA79 will take a candid look at the state of technology\, increasing global fragmentation\, and the steps necessary to mitigate risks and leverage technology for material progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/unga79/
LOCATION:United Nations Headquarters
CATEGORIES:Past event
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SUMMARY:War\, famine\, and satellites: Connecting the dots of the humanitarian impact of shutdowns in Sudan
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Access Now office – 54 W. 21st Street\, Suite 404\, New York 10010. Nearest subway: F  Train stops at 23rd and 6th Avenue (and virtual on YouTube) \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nMosaab Baba\, Editor\, Ayin\n\n\n\nShayna Lewis\, Senior Advisor and Sudan Specialist\, PAEMA\n\n\n\nMoneim Adam\, Program Director\, Sudan Human Rights Hub (SHRH)\n\n\n\nKholood Khair\, Founding Director\, Confluence Advisory\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRemote participants: \n\n\n\n\nKhattab Hamad\, Digital rights activist\n\n\n\nRawh Nasir\, Researcher\n\n\n\nJawhara Kanu\, Political economy analyst\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\n\n Aymen Zaghdoudi\, MENA Senior Policy Counsel\, Access Now\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nInterventions from the floor:  \n\n\n\n\nTom Rhodes\, Managing Editor\, Ayin\n\n\n\nKassem Mnejja\, MENA Campaigner\,  Access Now\n\n\n\nPeter Micek\, General Counsel and UN Policy Manager\, Access Now\n\n\n\nTrevor Snapp\, Executive Director\, Gisa Group\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInternet shutdowns are playing a direct role in the  preventable\, human-caused famine in Sudan\, where faltering peace negotiations and humanitarian efforts struggle to bring some relief to populations living in areas disputed by warring parties. With this event\, we aim to supplement those crucial negotiations by exploring telecommunications and the role of digital connectivity in advancing peace and humanitarian access.  \n\n\n\nThis discussion alongside UNGA 79 is led by experts from leading platforms\, research\, and advocacy organizations at the forefront of digital human rights\, access to knowledge\, and humanitarian response online in Sudan and beyond\, including those looking at the role of low-earth orbit satellites (LEO) internet providers like Starlink.  \n\n\n\nGISA group will present findings from their briefing Digital Lifelines: How Internet Connectivity Enables Vital Aid in Sudan. The report is the result of the Sudan Crisis Response project\, launched to enhance communication resilience for local humanitarian actors\, journalists\, and human rights defenders\, and also tested a variety of connectivity solutions\, including LEOs.  \n\n\n\nAccess Now will present the #KeepItOn coalition’s most recent report\, Shrinking democracy\, growing violence: internet shutdowns in 2023\, using data on shutdowns in Sudan collected by the coalition\, together with case studies and testimonies shared by people in Sudan to demonstrate the humanitarian impact of shutdowns.  \n\n\n\nInviting participants to join the discussion live\, the panel of experts will focus on the effects of shutdowns on vulnerable communities in conflict areas\, how civil society\, communities\, and people are fighting back\, and what the international community must do to change this situation\, covering: \n\n\n\n\nGISA findings from the Sudan Crisis Response project\n\n\n\n#KeepItOn report highlights and campaign actions against internet shutdowns in Sudan\n\n\n\nFraming the humanitarian impact of shutdowns\, and challenges to accountability within the existing legal and regulatory frameworks\n\n\n\nDigital security tips and tools\n\n\n\n\nFurthermore\, the experts will propose a set of concrete and actionable recommendations for stakeholders to address the ongoing situation.  \n\n\n\nEvent goals: \n\n\n\nWe will offer actionable opportunities for participants\, including: \n\n\n\n\nto strengthen their digital security and data privacy practices\, while engaging more safely in online platforms and services \n\n\n\nto support locally-led responses to the challenges posed by shutdowns in conflict\n\n\n\nto engage in ongoing workstreams at the United Nations\, including the further promotion of digital access and connectivity related issues in UNGA resolutions\, and the improvement of UNSC digital language overall\n\n\n\nto join the fight against internet shutdowns in the #KeepItOn movement and beyond\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the event discussion
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/unga79-sudan/
CATEGORIES:Past event
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SUMMARY:Access Now at the 11th edition of CIPESA’s FIFAfrica
DESCRIPTION:Radisson Blu Hotel\, Dakar Sea Plaza in Dakar\, Senegal \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)\, in partnership with Dakar-based AfricTivistes\, will host the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2024 (FIFAfrica24) set to take place on September 25-27\, 2024 in Senegal. \n\n\n\nOver the past decade\, the FIFAfrica conference has provided a space and garnered a track record of bringing together multi-stakeholder actors and shared efforts aimed at advancing rights\, freedoms\, participation\, and innovation in the digital sphere.  \n\n\n\nHosting the 11th edition of FIFAfrica in Senegal provides an avenue for civil society actors to engage with the current Senegalese government as well as other relevant actors in improving the human rights landscape in the country while exploring ways to advance digital rights in the country.  \n\n\n\nSenegal saw a deterioration of human rights in the last couple of years with increased reports of attacks on press freedom\, a crackdown on opposition voices\, both online and off\, and the arbitrary arrest and detention of protesters in the lead up to the country’s elections. In 2023\, Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition recorded four incidents of shutdowns in a government attempt to muzzle free speech\, control the flow of information\, and crack down on anti-government protests in the country.  \n\n\n\nAccess Now is a key partner of CIPESA and continues to actively participate in FIFAfrica to strengthen our partnership and expand our network within Africa and beyond. In view of this\, we are happy to be hosting and participating in this year’s FIFAfrica.   \n\n\n\nBelow are some of the events Access Now staff will be hosting or participating in at FIFAfrica24.  \n\n\n\nFor those who cannot join in person\, you can follow the hashtag #FIFAfrica24 on social media for details about how to engage virtually. \n\n\n\nCheck out the official website for more information about the event. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration details\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday and Friday\, September 26 – 27\, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\nDigital Security Clinic | Access Now\, CIPESA\, Defenders Protection Initiative (DPI)\, Internews Network Zambia\, 09:00 – 17:00 UTC \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccess Now’s exhibition booth\, 09:00 – 17:00 UTC at the Exhibition Center \n\n\n\n\nThursday\, September 26\, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\nBenchmarking AI regulations – Assessing Sub-Saharan Africa’s alignment with international norms | CIPIT\, Thomson Reuters Foundation and MISA Zimbabwe\, 11:30-13:00 UTC at Adansonia \n\n\n\n\n\nCIPESA and Access Now FIFAfrica24 Cocktail event \n\n\n\n\nFriday\, September 27\, 2024\n\n\n\n\nBeyond staying or going: Sudan’s insights on the future of digital rights in conflict zones\, 14:00 – 15:30 UTC at Mermoz
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/access-now-at-fifafrica-2024/
LOCATION:United Nations Headquarters
CATEGORIES:Past event
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Accra:20241029T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Accra:20241029T153000
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SUMMARY:Prolonged shutdowns: An analysis of the silenced voices in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
DESCRIPTION:Following the outbreak of conflict between the Amhara Fano and the Ethiopian military in the spring of 2023\, the Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency and implemented a telecommunication blackout in the Amhara region starting in August 2023. These shutdowns have raised significant concerns about their impact on human rights\, economic development\, access to information\, and civil society’s ability to function. The Amhara region\, already facing challenges related to conflict\, poverty\, and displacement\, has been further impacted by these restrictions on digital communication. The broader conflict in Northern Ethiopia\, initially concentrated in Tigray but later spreading to Amhara\, has exacerbated vulnerabilities and limited the capacity of local communities to respond to the crises. \n\n\n\nThis webinar seeks to explore the multifaceted consequences of internet shutdowns in the Amhara region\, providing a platform for experts\, activists\, and scholars to share insights\, experiences\, and strategies for mitigating these impacts. The discussion will focus on the human rights\, socio-economic\, and political implications of shutdowns\, as well as potential pathways for ensuring that digital rights are respected even in times of crisis. \n\n\n\nObjectives \n\n\n\n\nTo Highlight Access Now’s research outputs and Amhara Association of America’s (AAA) investigative reports on the situation on the ground.\n\n\n\nTo analyze the socio-economic impact of internet shutdowns in the Amhara region\, focusing on how these measures affect local businesses\, education\, and public services.\n\n\n\nTo discuss the human rights implications of internet shutdowns\, including the suppression of freedom of expression\, access to information\, and the ability to work.\n\n\n\nTo explore strategies for advocating against these shutdowns and appealing the government to restore full connectivity in the region.\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\nHenok Abebe – Human Rights Researcher and Advocate\n\n\n\nHone Mandefro Belaye – Advocacy Director\, Amhara Association of America\n\n\n\nDr. Yohannes Enyew Ayalew – Academic and Digital Human Rights Researcher\n\n\n\nAgerie\, Program Coordinator for Africa \n\n\n\nKulsuma Nur\, Researcher\n\n\n\n\nModerator: Felicia Anthonio\, #KeepItOn Campaign Manager\, Access Now \n\n\n\nX handles: \n\n\n\n\nHone Mandefro @HoMan99\n\n\n\nYohannes Eneyew Ayalew @yeayalew\n\n\n\nAmhara Association of Amhara Association of America(AAA) የዐማራ ማህበር በአሜሪካ @AAA_Amhara\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the discussion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by:
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/keepiton-amhara-ethiopia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241213T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241213T173000
DTSTAMP:20260916T045141Z
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SUMMARY:Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024: when digital rights collide with digital oppression
DESCRIPTION:Saudi Arabia has a longstanding record of human rights violations\, and in recent years\, its digital authoritarianism has escalated to unprecedented and dangerous levels\, including repression of free speech\, persecution of human rights defenders\, and severe restrictions on access to information. While the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024 aims to promote multi-stakeholder and critical discussions on digital rights and the future of the internet\, the decision to host the forum in a country with such egregious human rights violations and no civic space has raised grave concerns among civil society and activists about their ability to safely and meaningfully participate in the IGF discussions\, with calls for a change of the host country and some organizations opting to boycott the event. \n\n\n\nWhile the Saudi authorities weaponize international fora such as the IGF to promote a facade of tolerance and progress and to white-wash their abuses\, it is more critical than shed light on the country’s rising digital repression. In response\, this event will bring together Saudi activists\, human rights organizations\, and digital rights advocates to examine the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia. It will highlight the ethical concerns surrounding IGF 2024 and amplify the voices calling for the protection of human rights in digital spaces\, particularly in countries with a history of abuses. \n\n\n\nObjectives \n\n\n\n\nRaise awareness about the human rights crisis in Saudi Arabia\, with a particular focus on digital repression including the escalating crackdown on freedom of expression online\, surveillance and the use of spyware to target activists and dissidents\, and the persecution and arbitrary detention of activists and journalists.\n\n\n\nExamine the ethical implications of hosting the IGF in Saudi Arabia and discuss the paths forward to an inclusive IGF where civil society members can safely and meaningfully participate in important discussions about the future of the internet\n\n\n\nAmplify the voices of Saudi activists and human rights defenders directly impacted by the regime’s policies.\n\n\n\nMobilize international solidarity and explore how the global community can advocate for greater accountability for Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations\, especially as IGF 2024 approaches.\n\n\n\nDefining short-term and long-term plans for actions taken up by all stakeholders to bring about a peaceful change in the Kingdom.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\nYahya Assiri – Saudi Arabian human rights activist (ALQST)\n\n\n\nMichael Page – Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Division (HRW)\n\n\n\nDr. Hala Al-Dosari – Saudi human rights activist\, scholar\, and writer\n\n\n\nAreej Al-Sadhan – Saudi human rights activist sister of political detainee Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator: Marwa Fatafta\, MENA Policy and Advocacy Director  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the discussion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by:
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/igf-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20241218T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20241218T103000
DTSTAMP:20260916T045126Z
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SUMMARY:Lanzamiento del informe "Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio" de la Coalición latinoamericana #MigrarSinVigilancia
DESCRIPTION:La Coalición latinoamericana #MigrarSinVigilancia te invita este 18 de diciembre – día Internacional de la Persona Migrante – al lanzamiento del informe “Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio. Un diagnóstico sobre la vigilancia\, protección de datos y seguridad digital en lugares de acogida de personas migrantes en México. Basado en testimonios.” \n\n\n\nEl miércoles 18 de diciembre a las 9 AM (hora México) tendremos un evento en línea de lanzamiento\, dirigido a investigadores\, organizaciones\, personas y grupos con interés en aprender más sobre la protección de los derechos digitales y la seguridad digital de albergues\, refugios y lugares de acogida de personas migrantes en México. \n\n\n\nSobre el informe \n\n\n\nEl informe brinda hallazgos obtenidos de los testimonios de diez albergues distribuidos a lo largo del norte\, centro y sur de México. Es el resultado de una evaluación de riesgos relacionadas a prácticas de vigilancia y la vulneración de datos personales en contexto migratorio de México\, así como de medidas de seguridad para mitigarlos.  \n\n\n\nEste informe busca facilitar información basándose en las experiencias de las personas que brindan apoyo en terreno a las personas en tránsito\, y sugerir rutas de acción para un futuro trabajo colaborativo\, donde se puedan atender las necesidades identificadas. \n\n\n\nSobre la Coalición #MigrarSinVigilancia \n\n\n\nLa coalición #MigrarSinVigilancia está conformada actualmente por más de 30 organizaciones de la  sociedad civil organizada con presencia en América Latina. Funciona como un frente común para resguardar los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes a partir de la protección de sus datos personales. \n\n\n\nLa coalición es apartidista\, inclusiva y sin fines de lucro. Más información en: https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/migrarsinvigilancia/  \n\n\n\nSpeakers:  \n\n\n\n\nXimena Mendieta\, Asesora de proyectos en el área de Investigación\, Centro LATAM Digital\n\n\n\nÁngela Alarcón\, LAC Campaigner\, Access Now\n\n\n\nKathy Kruger\, Coordinadora del Programa de Niños No Acompañados\, Al Otro Lado.\n\n\n\nSantiago Narváez\, Oficial de investigación\, Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSi te lo perdiste\, acá lo puedes ver\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizado por: \n\n\n\nCoalición Latinoamericana
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/lanzamiento-informe-migrarsinvigilancia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20250224T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Taipei:20250227T161500
DTSTAMP:20260916T045154Z
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SUMMARY:RightsCon 2025\, Taipei and online
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Taipei International Convention Center \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEach year\, RightsCon convenes business leaders\, policy makers\, general counsels\, government representatives\, technologists\, academics\, journalists\, and human rights advocates from around the world to tackle pressing issues at the intersection of human rights and technology.  In engaging fireside chats\, hands-on workshops\, strategic roundtables\, private meetings\, and a lively exhibition space\, RightsCon is where a global movement comes together to build strategies and drive forward change toward a more free\, open\, and connected digital world. \n\n\n\nOver the past 12 years\, RightsCon has rotated to key hubs around the world\, including San José\, Tunis\, Toronto\, Brussels\, Rio de Janeiro\, Manila\, and San Francisco\, and grown\, both in size and in scope to meet the evolving needs of a movement.  \n\n\n\nFor its 13th edition\, we’re excited to host RightsCon 2025 in Taipei and online from February 24 to 27. As a leading democracy in the region\, Taiwan is recognized globally for the freest online environment and greatest human freedom in Asia\, a whole-of-society approach to human rights\, and a vibrant civil society community. As the routine location of large-scale international events\, coupled with the rapidly growing presence of international NGOs and global tech companies\, we look forward to hosting our first summit in East Asia in Taipei and returning to the Asia Pacific region after a decade. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\nAdd To Calendar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by:
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/rightscon-2025/
LOCATION:Taipei International Convention Center
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Tunis:20250505T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Tunis:20250505T130000
DTSTAMP:20261111T222731Z
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SUMMARY:Situation of Press Freedom in Tunisia
DESCRIPTION:In September 2022\, Tunisia adopted its first cybercrime law\, which diverges significantly from international standards due to its inclusion of content-based offenses and disproportionate sanctions. Article 24 of the law criminalizes the sharing\, sending\, or publishing of false information\, defamatory content\, or other forms of expression using vague and overly broad language. It imposes severe penalties ranging from 5 to 10 years in prison\, raising serious concerns about its impact on freedom of expression.   \n\n\n\nArticle 24 has been widely used as a legal tool to prosecute journalists\, lawyers\, and human rights defenders\, contributing to the suppression of media diversity\, encouraging self-censorship\, and discouraging public engagement in democratic debate.   \n\n\n\nOne panel will focus on the recent legislative proposal to amend the cybercrime decree\, exploring how to align it with international standards and instruments such as the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and the UN Cybercrime Treaty\, which is expected to open for signatures later this year.   \n\n\n\nAnother panel will examine the opportunities and challenges posed by artificial intelligence\, with a focus on how journalists and media outlets can leverage AI tools while safeguarding journalistic ethics\, copyright protections\, and other fundamental rights. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by:
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/unesco-wpfd-2025-event-3/
LOCATION:Hotel Golden Tulip Mechtel\, Tunis\, Tunisia
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250505T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250505T180000
DTSTAMP:20260916T045239Z
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SUMMARY:Strategic Workshop of the DSA Human Rights Alliance
DESCRIPTION:With 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 encounter significant threats online\, such as malicious cyber activities\, online censorship\, targeted internet shutdowns\, arbitrary or unlawful online surveillance\, harassment\, smear campaigns\, disinformation\, and doxxing. While online platforms need heightened due diligence and implement adequate safeguards for HRD safety\, the current state of the art remains inadequate. \n\n\n\nThe DSA human rights alliance strategic meeting will gather alliance members—civil society organizations defending digital rights and communities at risk globally—to strategize and explore methodologies to protect existing positions and advance a common agenda against an increasingly adversarial environment in the EU and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by:
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/unesco-wpfd-2025-event-1/
LOCATION:Digital Rights Hub (Access Now Europe Office)\, Rue Belliard 12\, 1040 Brussels\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250506T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250506T180000
DTSTAMP:20260916T045553Z
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SUMMARY:Inter-American approach to the AI international regulatory landscape
DESCRIPTION:Depending 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 and justice stakeholders to the risks it implies for human rights\, law enforcement\, and efficient access to the judicial system. \n\n\n\nThis session will explore key AI trends in these topics (access to social services\, information integrity\, law enforcement\, and judicial activities)\, examining whether current approaches respect human rights\, uphold state sovereignty\, and address environmental impacts. It will provide an in-depth analysis of existing regulations and judicial decisions on AI and the Rule of Law in Latin America vis-à-vis the international regulatory landscape (e.g.\, UNESCO’s guidelines\, European AI Act)\, focusing on mitigation strategies for human rights impacts. \n\n\n\nDiscussing regulatory and anti-regulatory approaches\, case studies\, and regional experiences with AI impacts on human rights\, we will provide guidance on the relevant regional and international human rights laws\, principles\, and emerging jurisprudence that are useful to shape regulations\, policies\, and practices related to AI that are compatible with human rights and democratic institutions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by:
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/unesco-wpfd-2025-event-2/
LOCATION:Digital Rights Hub (Access Now Europe Office)\, Rue Belliard 12\, 1040 Brussels\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250528T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250528T235959
DTSTAMP:20260916T044927Z
CREATED:20250509T081915Z
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SUMMARY:Access Now at Web Summit Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:May 27 – May 30\n\n\n\nVancouver Convention Centre (1055 Canada Pl\, Vancouver\, BC V6C 0C3\, Canada) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 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 community. Access Now will attend and participate\, bringing to bear our unique perspective of the intersection between human rights and technology. \n\n\n\nCheck out the official website for more information about the event. \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 28\, 2025 \n\n\n\nFreedom on the line: Why digital rights matter | Access Now | 16:00 \n\n\n\nThe U.S. administration’s decision to freeze all foreign aid is only the latest in a series of developments that herald a significant downturn in funding for human rights\, triggering deep and foundational crises for civil society globally. This session will highlight the current and emerging challenges for digital rights specifically\, and a path forward. \n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION DETAILS
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/access-now-at-web-summit-vancouver/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:20250826T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:20250828T173000
DTSTAMP:20260916T044934Z
CREATED:20250819T074539Z
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SUMMARY:The Digital Rights in Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC) 2025
DESCRIPTION:AICB Centre for Excellence\, Kuala Lumpur\, Malaysia \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\nBelow are some of the events Access Now will be joining: \n\n\n\n\n\nDay 1\, 26 August\n\n\n\n\n\nTending to the network: the regional scene of digital security support \n\n\n\n4:00pm–5:20pm\, Kuala Lumpur time | Human Rights Tech Commons Southwest Corner\, Second Floor\, AICB Centre for Excellence \n\n\n\nThis social gathering brings together digital security support specialists from across the region to connect and discuss shared experiences and struggles. It is open to anyone providing digital security support to human rights defenders in the region\, whether you’re a trainer\, researcher\, helpline staff\, etc. The aim is to create a space where participants can surface their needs\, intentions\, and potential or future plans where others can support. Hosted by Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) and Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 2\, 27 August\n\n\n\n\n\nDigging deeper: how to embed infrastructure considerations within our work \n\n\n\n10:00am–10:50am\, Kuala Lumpur time | Theatrette 1.12\, First Floor\, AICB Centre for Excellence \n\n\n\nDigital infrastructure decisions — regarding everything from data centers and cloud architecture to internet exchange points and submarine cables — have deep implications for rights\, equity\, and resilience. This session will explore why civil society must grapple with the politics of infrastructure and how to do so effectively. Featuring Darika Bamrungchok\, Asia Pacific Policy Analyst at Access Now\, who will surface regional case studies and entry points for advocacy collaboration. \n\n\n\nDesigning rights-respecting\, culturally sensitive and inclusive DPI \n\n\n\n11:00am–11:50am\, Kuala Lumpur time | Room 2.12\, Second Floor\, AICB Centre for Excellence \n\n\n\nDigital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is foundational\, but without rights-centered design\, it can entrench exclusion or surveillance. This ideation workshop spotlights inclusive DPI frameworks tailored to cultural contexts across Asia‑Pacific. Raman Jit Singh Chima\, Asia Pacific Policy Director at Access Now\, will join the conversation to discuss strategies for embedding rights-based policymaking into DPI rollouts and policy frameworks. \n\n\n\nFrom Vienna to Hanoi: how the UN Convention against Cybercrime will reshape Asia-Pacific \n\n\n\n12:00pm–12:50pm\, Kuala Lumpur time | Room 2.12\, Second Floor\, AICB Centre for Excellence \n\n\n\nThe UN Cybercrime Convention\, recently adopted after years of negotiations\, is poised to impact national laws and enforcement practices across the region. This session will unpack the treaty’s implications for rights\, sovereignty\, and cybersecurity in Asia-Pacific\, and explore how civil society can engage with implementation processes. Hosted by Access Now\, the panel includes Faiz Naeem\, Asia Pacific Program Associate at Access Now\, Raman Jit Singh Chima\, Asia Pacific Policy Director at Access Now\, Michael Caster\, Head of Global China Programme at Article 19\, and Sanhawan (Kay) Srisod\, Senior Legal Adviser  at ICJ \n\n\n\nFuture of Digital Rights in ASEAN – consultation on Cybersecurity\, Digital Economy\, and Artificial Intelligence \n\n\n\n12:00pm–12:50pm\, Kuala Lumpur time | Room 2.12\, Second Floor\, AICB Centre for Excellence \n\n\n\nAs ASEAN develops frameworks on cybersecurity\, AI\, and digital trade\, human rights must remain central. This roundtable consultation brings together civil society voices and policy thinkers to align advocacy strategies and enhance regional participation. It features Laura Naw\, East Asia and ASEAN Programme Officer at FORUM‑ASIA\,  Rachel Arinii Judhistari\, Lead Public Policy Speacialist Asia at Wikimedia Foundation\, Darika Bamrungchok Asia Pacific Policy Analyst at Access Now\, and Lorenzo Urbinati\, Strategic Adviser at Oxfam\, convened by Oxfam International alongside co‑hosts Wikimedia Foundation\, FORUM‑ASIA\, EngageMedia\, and Access Now. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/drapac-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Windhoek:20250924T090000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Windhoek:20250926T173000
DTSTAMP:20260916T044951Z
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SUMMARY:Access Now at the 12th edition of CIPESA’s FIFAfrica
DESCRIPTION:Windhoek International Convention Center\, Windhoek\, Namibia \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\nSince its inception in 2014\, FIFAfrica has provided a vital platform for multistakeholder dialogue and collaboration on advancing digital rights across the continent.  \n\n\n\nAccess Now continues to participate at FIFAfrica to strengthen our partnerships in the region and engage on key areas of our work.  \n\n\n\nHere’s where you can find Access Now at FIFAFrica25: \n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION DETAILS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday 23 – Thursday 25 September\, 2025\n\n\n\n\nAfrica Cybersecurity Advocacy workshop | Internet Society (ISOC) Global Encryption Coalition (GEC) 09:00 – 17:00 daily \n\n\n\n[Workshop session]  Africa’s encryption landscape:  how African governments undermine the use of encryption | CIPESA & Access Now| Tuesday 23 September 2025 16:30 – 17:30 \n\n\n\nAbout: Access Now will join ISOC\, CIPESA and other partner organizations of the Global Encryption Coalition to host a three-day cybersecurity advocacy workshop on the sidelines of FIFAfrica25. The workshop is designed to equip encryption advocates with the knowledge and skills to fight anti-encryption legislation and address other evolving threats to encryption across the continent.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 25 September\, 2025\n\n\n\n\nBook launch: Internet shutdowns in Africa | 25 September 9:30 – 11:00 📍Brandberg \n\n\n\nJoin us and  our partners for the launch of a new book\, Internet shutdowns in Africa: Technology\, Rights and Power\, produced by African authors from 11 countries — including Access Now’s Kassem Mnejja\, Senior MENA Campaigner\, and Felicia Anthonio\, #KeepItOn Global Campaign Manager — showcasing the most comprehensive documentation to date of the incidents of internet shutdowns in the selected countries. In this session\, authors will unpack how and why shutdowns are imposed\, and their impact on peoples’ social\, economic and political rights in Uganda\, Ethiopia\, the Democratic Republic of the Congo\, Nigeria\, Sudan\, Nigeria\, Chad\, Senegal\, Burkina Faso\, Algeria\, and Zimbabwe. This is the first book of its kind dedicated to analysing internet shutdowns in Africa\, as well as various forms of resistance that citizens across Africa are using to circumvent\, challenge\, and end internet shutdowns. It is also the first book to include a comprehensive analysis of the power interests that give rise to internet shutdowns. This session will also engage with participants to share experiences and observations on the subject matter\, and connect with the authors. There will be copies of the book available for purchase and download. \n\n\n\n\nBook contributors: \n\n\n\n\nKassem Mnejja\, Access Now\, Senior MENA Campaigner\n\n\n\nFelicia Anthonio\, Access Now\, #KeepItOn Global Campaign Manager\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday 26 September\, 2025\n\n\n\n\nPanel:  Data protection and cybersecurity in Africa: multi-country insights on key issues and opportunities for strengthening human rights protections | OXFAM and Access Now  08:30 AM – 10:00 AM 📍Kuiseb Hall.About: OXFAM and Access Now are hosting a panel discussion to explore key issues and opportunities for strengthening human rights protections in cyber policy and data protection implementation across Africa. The panel will feature speakers from Tunisia\, Somalia\, Kenya\, and Nigeria. \n\n\n\nPanel: #KeepItOn: Resisting internet shutdowns during conflict and turmoil – lessons from across Africa | Access Now and AWAFY Sudanese Organization 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM 📍Omatako 4About: This session explores how governments across Africa deploy internet shutdowns as tools of repression during conflict and political instability. With a focus on the prolonged weaponization of blackouts and internet shutdowns during times of conflict in Sudan and Ethiopia’s Tigray region\, as well as insights from Equatorial Guinea and Senegal\, the session offers strategies for resistance\, advocacy\, and legal pushback\, centering local voices from these countries.
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/access-now-at-fifafrica-2025/
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SUMMARY:Access Now at India AI Impact Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:Bharat Mandapam \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 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 mark a shift from aspirations to impact\, demonstrating how AI can deliver tangible outcomes for people\, planet\, and progress. \n\n\n\nBelow are some of the events Access Now will be joining at the India AI Impact Summit: \n\n\n\n\n\n19 February\n\n\n\n\n\nFireside chat and high-level reception\n\n\n\n7:30 pm onwards\, Indian Standard Time | Fountain Lawn\, India International Centre Main Building  \n\n\n\nAccess Now\, along with Aapti Institute and AI Now\, is hosting an evening that steps away from the formal summit agenda and into a sharp\, thoughtful\, and candid exchange about where AI is headed and what is being left unsaid in official rooms. The centerpiece is a fireside chat bringing together three exceptional voices: \n\n\n\n\nBrando Benifei\, Member of the European Parliament and a key architect of the EU AI Act;\n\n\n\nKaren Hao\, the award-winning journalist and author of “Empire of AI\,” whose reporting has deeply shaped our understanding of power and technology; and \n\n\n\nSeema Chishti\, Editor of The Wire\, known for her incisive political analysis and journalism. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTogether\, they will reflect on AI\, governance\, and power in a provocative conversation designed to cut through the usual rhetoric and get to the real tensions shaping our digital future. Following the discussion\, we will host an informal networking reception from 9:00 PM onwards. We know schedules are packed\, so please feel free to join for the full discussion or simply stop by for the reception. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n20 February\n\n\n\n\n\nThe AI-Cyber Nexus: A Strategic Dialogue on Global Security\, Trust\, and Governance\n\n\n\n3:30 pm–4:25 pm\, Indian Standard Time | Chanakya Auditorium\, Sushma Swaraj Bhawan \n\n\n\nAccess Now and Global Partners Digital are co-organising this session at the India AI Impact Summit to move the conversation beyond hype and headlines toward real policy\, real risks\, and real choices. Rather than treating AI and cybersecurity as separate worlds\, this discussion brings them together\, asking what it actually means to build AI that is secure\, trustworthy\, and rights-respecting in practice. \n\n\n\nThis session aims to propose a technically grounded conversation on the cybersecurity implications of large language models and agentic AI. Using the confidentiality-integrity-availability (CIA) framework\, it will explore how advanced AI tools impact privacy\, encryption\, information integrity\, and resilience of critical services. Instead of abstract warnings\, panelists will draw on concrete experience from cybersecurity and AI governance to identify what governments\, companies\, and civil society should do\, and what they should avoid. \n\n\n\nThe panel will open by remarks from Access Now’s Executive Director\, Alejandro Mayoral Banos\, and will be moderated by Nirmal John\, Senior Editor at Economic Times. Panelists include Access Now’s Global Cybersecurity Lead\, Raman Jit Singh Chima; Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard\, Tech Ambassador\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark; Maria Paz Canales\, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Global Partners Digital; Udbhav Tiwari\, Vice President\, Strategy and Global Affairs at Signal; and Nikolas Schmidt Policy Analyst\, Division of AI and Emerging Tech at OECD. \n\n\n\nNote: This session is a part of the official agenda for the AI Impact Summit and requires registration with the event.
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/access-now-at-indian-ai-impact-summit-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20260421T130000
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SUMMARY:Advancing Rights-Centered reporting on Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\n\n\nAlongside Human Rights Journalists Network\, Socio Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP)\, and Avocats Sans Frontiers Nigeria (E-Rights Nigeria Project)\, Access Now will be hosting a webinar on 21 April at 1:00 PM GMT+1 where we will unpack the human rights implications of Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act and discuss with journalists and human rights organizations\, rights based framing for reporting accurately\, responsibly\, and critically on cybercrime-related cases and ongoing reform efforts by civil society. \n\n\n\nThe speakers are:  \n\n\n\nModerator: Kehinde Adegboyega\, Executive Director\, Human Rights Journalists Network \n\n\n\nSpeakers:  \n\n\n\n\nNaro Omo-Osagie\, Africa Policy Manager\, Access Now\n\n\n\nAngela Uwandu Uzoma-Uwuchukwu\, Head of Office\, Avocats Sans Frontieres Nigeria (Convener E-Rights Nigeria Project)\n\n\n\nOlúwádàre A. Kóláwolé\, Deputy Director\, Socio Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\nJOIN THE WEBINAR
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/advancing-rights-centered-reporting-on-nigerias-cybercrimes-act/
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Nairobi:20260708T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260916T044708Z
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SUMMARY:Resisting anti-rights attacks on the LGBTQ+ movement in the digital age
DESCRIPTION:Session description:  \n\n\n\nThe rise of the anti-rights movement is accelerating the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people and identity in Africa.  \n\n\n\nIn 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 Bill\, which will increase censorship and surveillance of LGBTQ+ people in Ghana. The threats to human rights are emerging not only at the national level\, but across the continent; anti-rights actors are now lobbying to pass the draft  African Charter on the Protection of the Family\, Sovereignty\, and Religious and Cultural Values at the African Union. This dangerous law would roll back LGBTQ+ rights\, women’s rights\, and sexual and reproductive health rights for millions of people in Africa.  \n\n\n\nThe digital space is playing a critical role in enabling both state and non-state actors to target LGBTQ+ people in criminalized contexts. In this webinar\, experts will unpack how the anti-rights movement is weaponizing narrative framing on family values to restrict rights\, how Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill will impact people across the continent\, and what we can do to fight back. \n\n\n\nWatch the event here: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists: \n\n\n\n\nEbenezer Peegah\, Executive Director\, Rightify Ghana \n\n\n\nMumbi Kanyogo\, Executive Director\, Kenya Comms Hub \n\n\n\nYvonne Wamari\, Senior Programme Officer – Africa\, Outright International\n\n\n\nModerator: Jaimee Kokonya\, Africa Campaigner\, Access Now\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosting organisations
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/resisting-the-anti-rights-attacks-on-the-lgbtq-movement-in-the-digital-age/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260715T130000
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SUMMARY:Not AI for Good
DESCRIPTION:Session description:  \n\n\n\nThis 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.  \n\n\n\nBuilding on the recent joint civil society statement on AI in warfare\, launched by Access Now and Amnesty International — backed by over 350 signatories — and Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect’s joint webinar on Emerging Approaches to the Protection of Civilians in the Age of AI\, Not AI for Good calls for an urgent rethinking of the tech-solutionist vision currently driving the humanitarian sector. It also examines the growing role of tech companies as defense contractors\, and their part in exacerbating the very crises the humanitarian sector seeks to address. \n\n\n\nJoin us for an off-the-cuff and frank discussion about what goes unsaid at the AI for Good Summit\,  and to explore pathways toward a more just and fair humanitarian tech ecosystem. \n\n\n\nWatch the event here: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nGiulio Coppi\, Senior Humanitarian Officer\, Access Now\n\n\n\nLuc Dockendorf\, Ambassador for Cybersecurity and Digitalisation\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Luxembourg\n\n\n\nTina Mason\, Researcher\, Tech for Bad\n\n\n\nAbeba Birhane\, Principal Investigator\, Artificial Intelligence Accountability Lab (AIAL)\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by:
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/not-ai-for-good/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260921T090000
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SUMMARY:From surveillance to governance: recentering human rights in the UN AI agenda
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid side event during UNGA81 High-Level Week \n\n\n\nIn-person attendance available upon request: email un@accessnow.org \n\n\n\n\njoin the livestream\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists: \n\n\n\n\nLouise Lund Henneberg\, Acting Director/Techplomacy\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Denmark\n\n\n\nWafa Ben Hassine\, Chief\, Digital Technology and Human Rights Section\, Rule of Law\, Accountability and Civic Space\, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights\n\n\n\nBeatriz Busaniche\, Executive Director\, Fundación Vía Libre\n\n\n\nLuda Svystunova\, Head of Social Research\, Amundi\n\n\n\n\nWelcoming remarks: Irina Schoulgin-Nyoni\, Ambassador for Human Rights\, Democracy and the Rule of Law\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, SwedenModerator: Alejandro Mayoral Baños\, Co-Executive Director\, Access Now \n\n\n\n\n\nDuring the first session of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance\, governments and stakeholders convened to have open\, transparent and inclusive discussions on artificial intelligence governance. We now gather experts across the spectrum of stakeholders during UNGA81 to reaffirm that human rights should be the stepping stone of this process\, instead of an afterthought. \n\n\n\nNone of this is irreversible\, but the security issues associated with advanced AI tools are the consequences of deliberately prioritizing profit and competitiveness over the security and safety of at-risk communities\, and they will not resolve on their own. Unbridled AI adoption combined with unacceptably lax corporate security practices demands urgent intervention at all levels\, starting from putting human rights back at the center of digital governance mechanisms. \n\n\n\nThis discussion has the objective to explore concrete\, actionable ways in which each stakeholder can contribute to oppose the normalization of surveillance. Experts will also discuss how to chart a way forward to reaffirm digital rights as the natural first line of defense against the abuses of AI technologies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsors:
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/unga81-ai-governance/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261001T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261001T170000
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SUMMARY:Access Now at CIPESA’s 2026 FIFAfrica 
DESCRIPTION:InterContinental Resort\, Mauritius \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)\, will host the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2026 (FIFAfrica26) set to take place on September 28- October 1\, 2026 in Mauritius. \n\n\n\nOver the past decade\, the FIFAfrica conference has provided a space for connection and conversation and garnered a track record of bringing together multi-stakeholder actors and shared efforts aimed at advancing rights\, freedoms\, participation\, and innovation in the digital sphere. As open spaces for human rights conversations continue to shrink\, convenings such as these are more important than ever. \n\n\n\nAccess Now has been a key partner of CIPESA and continues to actively participate in FIFAfrica to strengthen our partnership and expand our network within Africa and beyond. We are happy to be part of this year’s FIFAfrica.  \n\n\n\nBelow are some of the events Access Now will be hosting or participating in at FIFAfrica26.  \n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-event] Humanising Big Tech Accountability — workshop co-hosted by Nguvu Collective\, Luminate\, Access Now\, and The Oversight Lab.Date: Tuesday\, September 29\,Time: 8:30 am–1:00 pm local time (GMT+4).Room: Trochetia \n\n\n\n\n\n[Exhibition] Access NowDate: September 30 – October 1 \n\n\n\n\n\n[Panel] Lessons and Challenges: A Decade of Fighting to #KeepItOn in Africa and BeyondDate: Wednesday\, September 30Time: 11:30 amRoom: Barracuda \n\n\n\n\n\n[Panel] The Civic Space Quicksand: Data Protection as an Enabler of Human Rights —Date: Wednesday\, September 30Time: 2:00 pmRoom: Barracuda \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCheck out the official website for more information about the event. 
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/2026-fifafrica/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T090000
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SUMMARY:Stronger together: civil society and the private sector as partners in cybersecurity awareness 
DESCRIPTION:For activists\, journalists\, human rights defenders\, and other members of civil society\, cybersecurity is a concrete matter that relates to the real-world risks and threats we face as a consequence of our work. Yet in the global conversation about cybersecurity\, a dual emphasis on geopolitics and the tech industry has put the focus on specific countries or technologies\, such as AI\, rather than on the individuals and communities at risk of attack. This leaves everyone more vulnerable.  \n\n\n\n\nIn this context\, and as we mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month\, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline is hosting a dialogue to bring together representatives from tech platforms and civil society to explore the current cybersecurity landscape and raise awareness about the real threats we are seeing.  \n\n\n\nThe webinar will take place on October 13\, 2026\, at 9:00 am EST / 15:00 pm CEST / 20:00 pm Jakarta. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of Safe and strong: a webinar series on digital security\, an initiative of the Digital Security Helpline to bring together civil society\, private sector partners\, and other support organizations\, to discuss how to increase resilience in the digital age. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is available here. \n\n\n\n\n\nSAFE AND STRONG: A WEBINAR SERIES ON DIGITAL SECURITY\n\n\n\nis an initiative of the Digital Security Helpline to bring together civil society\, private sector partners\, and other support organizations\, to discuss how to increase resilience in the digital age. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:  \n\n\n\nNighat Dad\, Executive Director\, Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan \n\n\n\nNighat Dad is the founder and Executive Director of the Digital Rights Foundation. She was a member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on AI (HLAB) and a founding member of Meta’s Oversight Board. Her organization works on the cutting edge of the intersection of human rights and technology. Nighat has won numerous accolades\, including the Dutch Human Rights Award\, and has been a TED Fellow since 2017. She is a staunch advocate for digital rights and women’s rights for the global majority. \n\n\n\nAlexander Corbeil\, Trust & Safety Policy Leader\, Bluesky \n\n\n\nAlexander Corbeil is a Trust and Safety leader with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of international security and online safety. In his current role as Bluesky’s Trust and Safety Policy Lead\, he specializes in creating and implementing policies that underpin the platform’s Community Guidelines\, including developing proactive moderation tools. He was previously TikTok’s Head of Regional Policy for the U.S. and Canada and served with the Government of Canada. \n\n\n\nGabrielė Dačkaitė\, Social Impact Lead\, Surfshark \n\n\n\nGabriele leads Surfshark’s social impact strategy\, including collaborations with nonprofits and support for journalists and activists facing digital security risks. She also leads Surfshark’s Cybersecurity Advocacy Fund\, a new initiative supporting innovative projects that advance cybersecurity awareness\, digital rights and online privacy. \n\n\n\nBeatrice Martini\, Education and Communities Manager\, Digital Security Helpline \n\n\n\nBeatrice Martini (she/her) is the Education and Communities Manager of the Access Now Digital Security Helpline. Previously\, Beatrice led the Human Rights Technology program at the nonprofit Aspiration\, and worked at the Open Knowledge Foundation and on several projects leveraging open source technology in support of justice and rights endeavors. \n\n\n\nShe has also been a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society exploring the implications of Internet infrastructure design on human rights\, and serves in a formal advisory role with the Center for the Cultivation of Technology and OpenArchive. \n\n\n\nModerator: Namrata Maheshwari\, Asia Pacific Policy Manager\, Access Now \n\n\n\nNamrata Maheshwari serves as the Asia Pacific Policy Manager and Encryption Policy Lead at Access Now. She leads Access Now’s policy and advocacy work across the Asia Pacific region. She also leads the organization’s work on encryption policy globally. Namrata engages with stakeholders including industry\, civil society\, and governments to promote rights-respecting approaches to internet governance. She holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School where she focused on technology policy and digital governance\, and is an India-qualified lawyer. Prior to her current role\, she worked with the Center for Democracy & Technology\, and practiced law in India. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPREVIOUS SESSIONS\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n\nSpear-phishing (March)\n\n\n\n\n[March 10\, 2026] Spear phishing: how to stay safe and prevent advanced attacks against civil society \n\n\n\n\nRebekah Brown\, Citizen Lab\n\n\n\nJustin Albrecht\, Lookout. \n\n\n\nMykola Kostynyan\, Resident.NGO\n\n\n\nMarilou Maala and Mohammed Al-Maskati (moderator)\, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n\nDigital security in war and conflict (May)\n\n\n\n\n[May 19\, 2026] Digital security in war and conflict: challenges for civil society and tools for resilience \n\n\n\n\nJocelyn Woolbright\, Program Manager on Cloudflare’s Public Policy team \n\n\n\nMia Marzotto\, Digital Rights Advocacy Lead at Oxfam\n\n\n\nLuis Barrueto\, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline\n\n\n\nGiulio Coppi\, Senior Humanitarian Officer at Access Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n\ndigital security and resilience for LGBTQ+ people (july)\n\n\n\n\n[July 14\, 2026] Digital security and resilience for LGBTQ+ people \n\n\n\n\nAzza Nubi (she/her) is a queer feminist activist and digital rights advocate.\n\n\n\nRocío Jiménez (she/her) is a Security Incident Handler at Access Now\n\n\n\nDonald Hamblock is a Staff Safety by Design Partner on Match Group’s Trust & Safety team.\n\n\n\nModerator: Jaimee Kokonya was the Africa Campaigner at Access Now focusing on various digital rights issues.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by:
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261125T160000
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SUMMARY:Digital Borders Exposed: an online launch by Protect Not Surveil
DESCRIPTION:The Protect Not Surveil coalition is proud to launch Digital Borders Exposed\, an interactive online tool that  exposes the European Union’s digital surveillance infrastructure\, which is enabled and encouraged by EU migration policies. Digital Borders Exposed identifies the types of technology that are in use\, where they are deployed\, what EU laws enable them\, and how they will harm us.  \n\n\n\nJoin us to learn more about how Protect Not Surveil envisions Digital Borders Exposed as a tool to empower migrants\, civil society\, activists\, journalists\, and those attacked by the EU digital border regime and how to resist and push back the EU’s invasive surveillance apparatus. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nModerator: Caterina Rodelli\, EU Policy Analyst\, Access Now\n\n\n\nAdla Shashati\, Director\, Greek Forum of Migrants \n\n\n\nDerya Ozkul\, Associate Professor\, University of Warwick\n\n\n\nChloé Berthélémy\, Senior Policy Advisor\, European Digital Rights (EDRi)\n\n\n\nIyo Bisseck\,  Dreaming Beyond AI \n\n\n\nLeila Belhadj Mohamed\, independent journalist\n\n\n\nPauline F.\, Research and Advocacy Coordinator\, Border Violence Monitoring Network\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER FOR THE EVENT
URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/digital-borders-exposed/
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