ICTs and Human Rights Protection – Page 2

19. April 2022

The institutionalisation of fear: Global digital surveillance with dubious pandemic legitimacy

Article in Open Access Government by Regina Surber, PhD Candidate at the University of Zurich and Scientific Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation, discusses how digital surveillance is increasing worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Photo by © jurgen-jester-unsplash)

The institutionalisation of fear: Global digital surveillance with dubious pandemic legitimacy Article by Regina Surber, Scientific Advisor of ICT4Peace in Open Access Government. Governments around the globe are justifying ever ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Private Cybersecurity Services, ICT4Peace in the Media, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, Policy Research CS, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA

26. March 2022

Ethical and Political Perspectives on Emerging Digital Technologies

ICT4Peace and ZHET Publication by Regina Surber (Author) and Daniel Stauffacher (Editor)

ICT4Peace, in cooperation with the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), is pleased to publish this compilation of policy briefs op-eds and recorded talks (2017 – 2022) by Regina ...

Policy Research ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data

23. February 2022

Cyber Attack on ICRC – States need to react

Daniel Stauffacher of ICT4Peace quoted in NZZ article of 18 February 2022 (Photo by Luisa Gonzalez / Reuters)

The Red Cross was previously considered untouchable. The fact that it is now the victim of an attack could be a wake-up call for all humanitarian organizations. So far, there ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare, ICRC, Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Proposal for a States Cyber Peer Review Mechanism

16. November 2021

“Social media and democracy” | Lecture to CODE University of Applied Sciences

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by Dr. Kerstin Tomiak to deliver a lecture on social media and democracy at CODE University of Applied Sciences on ...

Activities, Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

28. October 2021

Women’s Peace and Security in the Digital Age: An emerging Agenda for Action

A project by The Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) and the ICT4Peace Foundation with the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On the occasion of the 21st Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), the ICT4Peace Foundation, the Women’s International League for Peace and ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding