The goal of this ongoing project is to make the Charter more accessible to a broader audience and to engage university students on issues related to human rights and the Internet.
Whether you are in Mexico or participating remotely, please come and join us!
Wednesday 7 December, 10.45 – Workshop Room 10
The panel will be covering issues such as cyber harassment and other emerging forms of censorship, focusing particularly on the very concerning trend in Mexico, which is also emerging in other countries around the world. The panel will discuss how online service providers, regulators and civil society can manage these threats to ensure the protection of human rights online.
Thursday 8 December
13.50 – Lightning Session Area
A 20-minute flash panel discussing strategies to foster inclusion, in line with IGF16’s main theme.
The session, a follow up on the discussion initiated at this year’s EuroDIG (Confronting the Digital Divide Session) and on the work of the IPR Coalition and the Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet, seeks to take a focused and practical approach to apply human rights principles to existing discriminatory structures.
The IRPC will be presenting the Charter Study Guide – a very important project developed by Syracuse University students in collaboration with the IRPC – for discussion and feedback.
The IRPC will be hosting two workshops under the category of Access and Literacy at this year’s EuroDIG in Brussels 9-10 June.
The Session CONFRONTING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE is comprised of two workshops looking at internet access and human rights for minorities and refugees.
WORKSHOP 2 takes place on Thursday 9 June at 14.30 and is entitled Internet Access and/as Human Rights for Minorities.
WORKSHOP 10 takes place on Friday 10 June at 14.30 and is entitled Refugees, human rights and Internet access.
Three new editions of the IRPC Charter being launched at UNESCO, Connecting the Dots – Options for Future Action Conference: Spanish, Farsi, and Chinese.
