Policy Research CS

Promotion of a secure and peaceful cyberspace

23. January 2018

ICT4Peace calls for a holistic understanding of peace and security implications of autonomous technology, including Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWS)

Recorded Presentation by Dr. Regina Surber

Regina Surber, Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET), gave a lecture on Autonomous Intelligent Software Agents, LAWS and Peace-Time Threats on 16 ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN GGE Geneva, Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

8. January 2018

UN Security Council recognises ICT4Peace’s work with the United Nations

Two UN Security Council Resolutions of December 2017 recognised the work of the ICT4Peace Foundation in launching the Tech Against Terrorism initiative in cooperation with UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate ...

Activities, ICT4Peace in the Media, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Foundation, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, Tech against terrorism

23. December 2017

In conversation with Ron Deibert: Cybersecurity, privacy, ethics and using technology for good

As noted on its website, since 2015, the Human Rights Film Festival Zurich takes place each year on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights on 10 December. ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

20. December 2017

ICT4Peace at Internet Governance Forum 2017 in Geneva

ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher was invited on 17 December 2017 to join a well attended panel discussion on “The Need for a Digital Geneva Convention in Times of Cyber(In)Security” regarding Microsoft’s ...

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

20. December 2017 New York

UN GGE – Commentary on Voluntary, Non-Binding Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technology

A Publication by ICT4Peace with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA): Civil Society and Disarmament: 2017

In June 2016 ICT4Peace co-launched with Leiden University’s Program for Cyber Norms a global open consultation on how to implement the Recommendations of United Nations’ Group of Governmental Experts on Developments ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Publications, Reports, 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

15. December 2017

Social media giants address online terrorism at UN Headquarters

The Security Council has called for dialogue with major social media companies, in order to limit terrorists’ ability to recruit and operate online. To that end, last month saw the ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, Tech against terrorism