RightsCon
💫The world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age
📆 Taipei and online, Feb 24-27, 2025
- It's official: registration is now open for RightsCon 2026 (Zambia and online, May 5-8)! rightscon.org/registration RightsCon is home to many movements: from defending equality, privacy, and freedom, to shaping digital rights frameworks, to fighting internet shutdowns, and more 👇
- But RightsCon is more than the big moments. It’s the new perspective that challenges you. It’s where we share, listen, strategize, and act together. Ready to join us? Get your early bird ticket today for up to 50% off regular pricing.
- We’re excited to announce our home in Lusaka! RightsCon 2026 will take place at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre (MICC), the largest conference center in Zambia! With its modern infrastructure and flexible layout, the MICC is the perfect fit for RightsCon’s dynamic program. 👇
- Centrally located, the MICC is surrounded by major international hotels and a 30-minute drive from Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. Stay tuned for next week as we’ll launch our Plan Your Travel page with more info and tips for joining us in Zambia, including visas, flights, and hotels.
- We received over 1,600 submissions for RightsCon 2026! This impressive number shows the urgency of today’s digital rights challenges and the community’s commitment to ensuring that RightsCon remains the space for the crucial conversations shaping our lives. What’s next? 👇
- Your proposal will go through a 3-step review process with the Program Committee, and results are expected in late December! In the meantime, there are plenty of other ways to engage with the RightsCon program. In the coming months, you’ll be able to: 👇
- Nominate an organization for the Privacy and Human Rights Award: globalprivacyassembly.com/privacy-huma... Add your name to the Speaker and Facilitator List (open late October) Apply for a booth in the Community Village Partner with us through RightsCon side events and our Expanded Programming
- Have you submitted your RightsCon 2026 proposal yet? There’s still time to help shape the agenda on digital rights of our next summit, in Zambia and online (May 5-8). Submit through the Proposal Portal: rightscon.secure-platform.com/a/solicitati... Remember to submit before September 19!
- Good news! You have one more week to submit your proposal for RightsCon 2026 (May 5-8, Zambia and online). The deadline has been extended to Sept 19. To support you in this final stretch, we’re adding an extra office hour on September 16. Sign up: rightscon.org/program/#tra... 👇
- If you need extra guidance, visit our Guide to a Successful Proposal page for instructions, resources, and examples. To submit your RightsCon 2026 proposal go to rightscon.secure-platform.com/a/solicitati...
- Just one week left to submit your RightsCon 2026 proposal! Send your idea before Friday, September 12. Here’s a snapshot of how things are shaping up so far: 44% of proposals are coming from Africa, a clear sign that local communities are ready to bring digital rights conversations to Zambia. 👇
- The top three categories leading the way: • Online Hate and Violence • AI & Emerging Technologies • Digital Security for Communities Civil society continues to lead, but Academia is making waves in second place with 19% of proposals, showing the diversity of voices shaping digital rights today. 👇
- If you still need support with your proposal, join our social hour on September 10 and chat with the program team directly! Sign up here: www.rightscon.org/program/#tra...
- Need some support with your RightsCon 2026 proposal? Join our training session this Tuesday, Sep. 2! Our team will: ✅ Share best practices for a strong proposal ✅ Offer insights to sharpen your session idea ✅ Answer your questions before you submit Sign up here: www.rightscon.org/program/#tra...
- Help us bring digital rights to the SXSW stage by voting for our two proposals! 1. Tackling the “snakes” undermining digital rights Examining the existential threats civil society is facing and how we can strengthen the sector together. 👉 Vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
- 2. Digital rights from an Indigenous and “glocal” perspective Centering Indigenous voices in digital rights, from data colonialism and spectrum sovereignty to bridging the digital divide. 👉 Vote: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
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- 📸 RightsCon session moments 📸 While we would love to participate in each and every of the 550+ sessions at #RightsCon2025, it would take us… *22 days* to do so back-to-back! So here’s a glimpse of what the sessions are looking like! bsky.app/profile/digi...
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- 👋 Session Recs 👋 Scroll through this thread for a list of sessions taking place today! Starting with this film screening of 🎥Coded Bias 🎥, a feature-length documentary film that humanizes AI harms and traces the founding of the Algorithmic Justice League.
- 🎊 RightsCon2025 Opening Ceremony highlights: We were warmly welcomed by Bi-khim Hsiao, Vice President of Taiwan: “Welcome to Taipei, to RightsCon, and may this summit be a catalyst for change. May our collective experts inspire a more open, inclusive and rights respecting digital future for all.”
- Access Now’s Jason Liu and Raman Jit Singh Chima set the stage in our return to the region after a decade: “[...] The Asia Pacific region is the majority of the global majority. It’s time to ensure we have a proportionate say in the resolution of issues impacting each and all of us"
- “In this digital era, are we moving toward a more tolerant, democratic, open society, or are we moving backward? [...] I think all digital paradigm shifts have caused changes, but new technologies are always redefining what democracy, freedom, and human rights are.” (Cheng Li-Chiun, Vice Premier)
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View full threadLast but not least, Abao and the Chorus of Indigenous Voices blew us away with their performance of Indigenous Taiwanese music. Watch the full Opening Ceremony on the RightsCon platform: 🔗 buff.ly/3D5CuhM
