Policy Research CS – ICT4Peace Foundation

15. July 2026 Geneva

Groundbreaking New Report on Extreme AI Risks launched during Geneva Cyber Week

A report entitled "The Essential Convergence: Global Compact on Extreme AI Risks" by the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) was co-launched by The Federation of Red Cross Societies (IFRC), the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP).The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG).

A new report ‘The Essential Convergence: Global Compact on Extreme AI Risks’ by the Strategic Foresight Group was launched in Geneva on July 6 in the presence of some of ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN GGE Geneva, Digital Sovereignty, Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Tech Against Terrorism (TAT)

26. February 2026

Julia-Silvana Hofstetter’s Work for ICT4Peace

Julia is a Senior Advisor of ICT4Peace and works on the intersection of cybersecurity, gender, human rights, and peacebuilding, with particular attention to how digital technologies impact conflict and human security.

Overview of Julia Hofstetter’s work as ICT4Peace Senior Advisor since 2021. Julia’s research and professional engagement focusses on the intersection of cybersecurity, gender, human rights, and peacebuilding, with particular attention to ...

Women's Peace and Security in the Digital Age, Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Policy Research ICT, Activities, Policy Research CS, Team, Policy Research, Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding

24. January 2026 Geneva

Global Cyber Security – At last a “Permanent Mechanism” at the UN

Analysis and Commentary by ICT4Peace Senior Advisor Amb. Paul Meyer on the final OEWG Report endorsed by the UN General Assembly

Analysis and Commentary by Amb. Paul Meyer, Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation on the Final Report of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Cybersecurity (2021-2025). Please find the text by Paul ...

ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, 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

14. October 2025

Sanjana Hattotuwa on Social Media, Democracy and Violence in South Asia

Background note by Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa for an online seminar the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) on 30 September 2025 titled 'Big Tech and the Misinformation Crisis in South Asia'.

Social Media, Democracy, and Violence in South Asia By Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation Background note for an online seminar organised by the Center for the Study of ...

Digital Sovereignty, ICT4Peace Commentary, Activities, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet

6. October 2025 Geneva

Geneva Talks on Autonomous Weapons: Momentum Builds, But Challenges Remain

Under the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), states are discussing how to regulate or prohibit machines that can select and engage targets without human intervention.

Geneva Talks on Autonomous Weapons: Momentum Builds, But Challenges Remain Negotiations in Geneva on the future of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) seem to enter a critical phase. Under the ...

ICRC, UN Security Council, UN First Committee - Disarmament and International Security, Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN GGE Geneva, Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva

19. July 2025

ICT4Peace and OAS Publication: Advancing Global Digital Governance – Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions in ICT State Behaviour and Multilateral Frameworks.

Report authored by Anne-Marie Buzatu, ICT4Peace and published by the Organisation of American States (OAS).

ICT4Peace is pleased to announce the release of the publication by the Organization of American States (OAS), authored by Anne-Marie Buzatu Executive Director of the ICT4peace Foundation: “Advancing Global Digital Governance ...

OAS, Activities, Policy Research CS, Reports, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva