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Where
Roosevelt House at Hunter College47-49 East 65th Street
(btwn. Park and Madison Avenues)
New York, NY 10065
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Contact
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College212-396-7948
shoro@hunter.cuny.edu
"The Future of Human Rights Technology" A Panel Discussion
New technologies can play a key role in protecting human rights, but also create new threats to human rights and vulnerabilities for human rights defenders. This program will examine such developments as the use of satellite imagery, drones, and video forensics for monitoring and accountability for human rights violations, the expanding role of citizen witnesses in human rights reporting and advocacy, especially using camera phones and other widely available technologies, and the need to prevent abusive governments from obtaining data gathered by human rights organizations.
All are important parts of human rights tech - but they speak to different parts of the puzzle of how to ensure individuals and nongovernmental organizations can use technology for human rights effectively and safely.
Join us at Roosevelt House for a panel discussion on key issues surrounding advocacy, ethics and security at the intersection of human rights and technology.
With panelists: Sam Gregory, Program Director at WITNESS;
Iain Levine, Deputy Executive Director at Human Rights Watch; and Enrique Piraces, Vice President of Benetech's Human Rights Program.