At the opening of the 14th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Türk urged governments and companies to “build digital technologies that advance human rights and serve the public good.” The 14th hashtag#UNForumBHR is chaired by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights….
DDN is thrilled to announce and extend a warm welcome to Mr. Mahmoud Salem as our new Non-Resident Senior Fellow for Global Cyber Security and Digital Rights Research and Policy Innovation. We are incredibly fortunate to have an individual of Mr. Salem’s distinguished caliber join our mission. His appointment marks a significant step forward in our commitment to shaping…
In collaboration with the German-based NGO Tactical Tech and Southern New Hampshire University, Executive Director Marlyn Tadros has organized a Glass Room event at Southern New Hampshire University to draw attention to misinformation in the digital age as well as what our lives online look like. The Glass Room, created by the German-based NGO Tactical…
The following is a statement initiated by FEMENA and signed by multiple organizations, including Virtual Activism, have signed a statement regarding WHRD in Egypt. Statement also in Arabic in the attachment below. Statement – 5 November 2021 Case 173 and its Remnants Must be Dropped! In Egypt, Case 173 of 2011, known as the NGO…
The June 2019 the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation issued its report, The Age of Digital Interdependence, which, among other things, makes a series of recommendations related to human rights and human agency. The report states that “We urgently need to lay the foundations of an inclusive digital economy and society for all. We need…
Virtual Activism and Southern New Hampshire University are organizing an international human rights day on Dec 10, 2019. The event will include virtual reality short films on topics as diverse as refugees, women’s rights, child rights, and climate change. There will also be a refugee shelter installation. Originally designed for a thematic dance performance by…
The Internet Governance Forum is organized annually, to bring together stakeholders to set public policy regarding matters of governance. This year it is the 14th annual forum, hosted by the Government of Germany in Berlin from 25 to 29 November 2019 under the overarching theme: One World. One Net. One Vision. The Forum has three main themes: (1) Data Governance; (2)…
Tim Berners-Lee, in an attempt at reframing the web, has drafted, together with others, a Contract for the Web. The Contract has 9 guiding principles. The Contract for the Web included representatives from over 80 organizations, representing governments, companies and civil society, and sets out commitments to guide digital policy agendas. To achieve the Contract’s…
