Since the launch of the project in May, 2019, a lot of things happened – fascinating conversations about the nexus of digital technology and human rights have taken place with inspiring people in Uganda. Since July, increased collaboration began with Pollicy,...
Digitalisation can violate human rights through hate speech, fake news and shrinking spaces on the one hand, but it can be a highly efficient tool to reinforce networking and access to information on the other.
In recent years, East African countries such as Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, introduced social media taxes with devastating effects on digital rights of Internet users and freedom of expression in general.
Increasingly, words like “collaboration”, “partnerships” and “creating synergies” are words you might hear often. But many organizational heads will confess that collaboration between and amongst organizations isn’t something that has always produced the desired results.
On the 29th of January 2020, the DHRLab and Pollicy organized an interactive event on research methods to discuss challenges in data collection and possible solutions. The attendees were members of different Community of Practices under the DHRLab.
Digital Security is highly relevant, especially in human rights work. We talked to Daniel Moßbrucker, security advisor and expert on surveillance and data protection, about this important topic and his experiences in Uganda and beyond.
Digital security lays at the heart of our cooperative project to support Human Rights work in a digital age. Since the launch of the project in May and following the kick-off of the Digital Human Rights Lab (DHRLab) in October, there have been some developments and experiences we want to share.
