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💫The world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age
📆 Taipei and online, Feb 24-27, 2025
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.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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.
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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
Privacy & Human Rights Award – Global Privacy Assembly
globalprivacyassembly.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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:
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September 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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...
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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...
RightsCon Program
This page gives an overview of the program for RightsCon, including our formats and highlights of previous editions
www.rightscon.org
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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. 👇
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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...
PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals
PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.
participate.sxsw.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If you're at #RightsCon2025 @rightscon.org come check out our @mozilla.org booth by room 201C!

We're spotlighting our Common Voice project: a free, open source platform for community-led data creation with a focus on uplifting languages under-represented in LLMs

More: commonvoice.mozilla.org/en
February 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
#China: “There’s no anti-depressant for a government tracking you down”. Great comment from a talk @rightscon.org on the victims of transnational repression.

The huge mental health toll is being overlooked.

We’re getting good at talking about the problem, less so the solution. This must change.
February 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"Social media can be a lifeline for those going through genocide, but also a battlefield too.” @marwasf.bsky.social @rightscon.org #decenter #designfromthemargins #rightscon25 🔏 🔐
February 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
More pictures of #RightsCon25 from Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia

@rightscon.org really connecting communities.
February 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
We're honored to have co-hosted a joint session with @arabifactshub.bsky.social on tech-driven solutions to combat information disorder, with @alsayyad.bsky.social , @monashtaya.bsky.social, Alexei Abrahams & @michatobia.bsky.social, moderated by Abdelrahman Mansour at this year's @rightscon.org.
February 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
🧵 Learning a lot from human rights archiving groups from Myanmar to Ukraine to Sudan @rightscon.org about how media & social media authenticity plays out in the real world. (1/n)
February 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
At @rightscon.org this week? Look for one of our Advisory Board members, Hinako Sugiyama, who is speaking at several events. #RightsCon2025 is a conference dedicated to tackling pressing issues at the intersection of human rights & tech.

For in-person & online details: www.rightscon.org/program/
RightsCon Program
This page gives an overview of the program for RightsCon, including our formats and highlights of previous editions
www.rightscon.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM