Policy Research CS

Promotion of a secure and peaceful cyberspace

30. November 2017

ICT4Peace and UN CTED launch Knowledge Sharing Platform

The UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UNCTED) and ICT4Peace officially launched on 29 November 2017 the Tech Against Terrorism Knowledge Sharing Platform (KSP) at the UN Headquarters in New York. ...

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

28. November 2017

ICT4Peace Presentation at ETH on Artificial Intelligence, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and Peace Time Threats

Regina Surber, Advisor ICT4Peace Foundation, presented on 13 November 2017 at ETH Zurich current research of ICT4Peace and Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems ...

Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Reports, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

21. November 2017

Mentoring online CVE initiatives in the Balkans

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, has since earlier this year, and at the invitation of the compelling Resonant Voices Initiative (RVI), engaged with civil society and other stakeholders, including ...

AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Reports, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection

13. October 2017

ICT4Peace’s urgent call for Peace in Cyberspace in NZZ and Le Temps

On 20 June 2017 ICT4Peace’s Daniel Stauffacher and Paul Meyer released a commentary: “WannaCry, the Digital Geneva Convention and the urgent need for Cyber Peace”. This commentary was subsequently published ...

Activities, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, ICT4Peace Call to Governments to commit to refrain from Offensive Cyber Operations against civilian Critical Infrastructure, 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

30. September 2017

Cybersecurity and humanitarianism: Opportunities and challenges

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation was invited to attend Crisis Code: Humanitarian Protection in the Digital Age, a two-day conference exploring how crisis-affected populations can be safeguarded ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research, Advisory, UN Crisis Information Management Strategy (CIMS), Strategic Input into UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian operations, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding, ICTs, new media and Election Monitoring:Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia, ICT4Peace Matrix Plug-In, 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

8. September 2017

Social Media Fellowship: Review of CVE & strategic communications in Myanmar

In April 2017, Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was tasked with the design and leading the delivery of a bootcamp workshop for seventeen individuals, comprising of six different ...

Activities, Policy Research ICT, Advisory ICT, Capacity Building ICT, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Crisis Information Management Capacity Building, Responding to/preventing Violent Extremism using ICTs and the Internet, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, New media for crisis management and peacebuilding