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RightsCon Toronto 2018

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Christine Alai

Physicians for Human Rights
Head of Office, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

physiciansforhumanrights.org

Human rights lawyer promoting access to justice for victims and survivors of conflict-related sexual violence; supporting implementation of MediCapt in Kenya, Physicians for Human Rights' award winning mobile-based application aimed at enhancing high quality, safe and efficient collection, documentation, preservation and transmission of medical forensic evidence of sexual violence from the health clinic to the courtroom. I will share our experiences and discuss implementation and opportunities for scale up of MediCapt in Kenya on Friday, May 18th, "Documenting Digital Evidence of Sexual Violence & Disrupting Data Flow: MediCapt in Kenya", at 1600 - 1700h (204A).
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/about/people/staff/christine-alai.html

10:30 EDT

Bot Battles: Disinformation, Computational Propaganda and Speech Regulation – Digital Rights and Press Freedom 201C

16:00 EDT

Innovation on the frontlines: how grassroots activists are utilizing technology to enhance their work 202B

17:15 EDT

Forget about the President- let's talk to Facebook 206A

08:00 EDT

A Human Rights Approach to Regulating User-Generated Content Online: Preview of the UN Special Rapporteur’s Report to the Human Rights Council 206C

09:00 EDT

Pawah! tech for human rights 200B Help, We Are Under Attack! - a Peek into the Community of Rapid Responders 206A

10:30 EDT

Video Forensics at The New York Times 204A

12:00 EDT

Offline Doesn’t Exist Anymore 205B Fast-forward to 2030: Can technology break the silos around human rights? 206D

12:30 EDT

Digital Evidence Forum - Experimental Design Session Village Main Stage

14:30 EDT

Access No_! Voices from the Front Line 206C

16:00 EDT

Naming, Shaming & Litigating: Access to Human Rights Information Online 201B Africa’s Digital Rights Secretariat: Net Rights Africa Coalition and its prospects 201A

17:15 EDT

Electoral Choices and Artificial Intelligence: The Need for Transnational Collaboration in Africa 204C Transparency and accountability in a democratic transition for better access to fundamental rights: the Tunisian case 205C Who trusts the Internet? The 2018 CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey on Internet Trust 206B

09:00 EDT

Tech Demo Block #6: Collecting, documenting and verifying human rights data 200A Security, digital rights, and location information - making maps that protect, not harm 206B

10:30 EDT

Massive audience engagement in human rights and humanitarian reporting. 204A Lightning Talks: Testimony, Identity & Livelihood: Steps Toward Justice 205A Do No Harm? The Influence and Impact of Automated Bias in mHealth Apps 200C Data literacy for humanitarian and human rights workers in conflict and armed violence 203A

12:00 EDT

Soft G, hard G, and zhaif: Educational GIF workshop 205B Observing tech in Elections 203A What have we learned from studying 5 years of Internet Disruptions in Africa? 201A Lightning Talks: Ending Hate Speech & Online Violence 205A

13:20 EDT

Proceeding with Caution: Doing good work in difficult places 205C

14:30 EDT

Tech Demo Block #5: The fight against internet censorship and surveillance 200A

16:00 EDT

Documenting Digital Evidence of Sexual Violence & Disrupting Data Flow: MediCapt in Kenya 204A

17:15 EDT

Lightning Talks: Important issues facing the future 205A Exploring the future of civic tech as part of government and global civil society 203B Algorithms and Online Abuse : Perspectives from Amnesty International, Google Jigsaw and Wikimedia 200C

18:20 EDT

RightsCon Toronto Closing Ceremonies 206C