Mar 26 2020
Past event

POSTPONED – Pre-Glion policy dialogue with the Permanent Mission of Thailand on ‘Human rights in the digital age: making digital technology work for human rights’

Ahead of Glion VII, the Universal Rights Group (URG), with a number of supportive State delegations in Geneva, will organise a series of informal policy dialogues, designed to allow early consideration and exchange on different aspects of ‘Human rights in the digital age:

On Thursday 26th March 2020, the Permanent Mission of Thailand and the URG will host a Policy Dialogue on ‘Making digital technology work for equality and non-discrimination, including in the area of economic, social and cultural rights’. The event will bring together around 60 senior level human rights experts to exchange views on a number of issues including, ‘the digital divide and its implications for equality and non-discrimination’, and ‘mobilising digital technologies to power progress towards the full enjoyment of social rights, and the realisation of the SDGs’.

The agenda of the meeting will be made available closer to the date of the event.

The background paper of the policy dialogue will be made available closer to the date of the event.

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