Do human rights exist online?
Digital life means there are new ways to express ourselves and new ways governments can breach our rights. International human rights laws and treaties still apply to new digital environments, so what happens when our rights are abused?
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative is building new measurement tools to track how governments are treating us in our digital lives, from internet shutdowns by repressive regimes, to online violence and harassment, from accessibility and equity to censorship. Learn how you can be part of measuring what matters: human rights in the digital age.
Who is this talk for?
People concerned about government actions in digital spaces. No particular expertise needed.
What will attendees take away?
Digital rights have legal status in existing human rights law.
Governments have obligations to respect our rights in digital spaces.
We can be active in holding governments to account for their digital rights abuses and build a better, freer world.
Thalia is one of two co-Executive Directors of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), a small global NGO measuring how well governments keep their human rights promises, including in the digital world. We are working to measure digital rights, and provide public, accessible data to drive accountability.