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28. February 2015

The UN’s Human Rights Up Front initiative: Embracing ICTs

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation, was invited by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to a strategic workshop on the Human Rights Up ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Activities, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), ICTs and Human Rights Protection

25. February 2015

Welcoming the timely release of UN’s Performance Peacekeeping Report

The ICT4Peace Foundation welcomes the release of the UN’s ‘Performance Peacekeeping’ Report, looking at the how technology in general and ICTs in particular can strengthen the mandate of the UN’s ...

Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Publications, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations

23. January 2015

ICT4Peace workshop at ETH Zurich on cybersecurity processes and events

Zurich, 22 January 2015 On 20–21 January 2015, the ICT4Peace Foundation organised a workshop on “Cybersecurity Processes and Events”, hosted by ETH Zurich. The workshop set the parameters for ICT4Peace’s ...

ETH, Activities, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

ETH, Cybersecurity, Dirk Helbing, Zurich Insurance Group

22. January 2015

Annual consultations in Geneva around CiM, innovation and human rights

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, met with Chad Hendrix, Patrick Gordon, members of the UN Information Management Working Group (IMWG), the ICRC’s Tarun Sarwal and Gulheim Ravier and ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data

25. November 2014

ICT4Peace and OAS co-organize workshop on International Security and Diplomacy in Cyberspace

The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Organisation of American States (OAS) conducted a first of its kind “Workshop on International Security and Diplomacy in Cyberspace” with over 50 participants (Diplomats, Security and ...

Activities, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

11. November 2014

UAV Experts Meeting at the United Nations

Co-sponsored by the ICT4Peace Foundation, the UAViators.org Experts Meeting on Humanitarian UAVs was held at the UN Secretariat in New York on Thursday, 6th November 2014. A full report by ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Reports, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Strategic input into and participation in UAviators.net