From our blog
X-Ray of the 76. UN General Assembly
12 October 2021
Cybersecurity, Diplomatic reporting, Future of meetings, International organisations, Multilateral diplomacy, Remote participation, Rights of future generations
After a year of online meetings, many heads of states returned to New York for the high-level session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session during the third week of September. Around 40% of the leaders delivered s...
Apple’s new measures to protect children online on hold
04 October 2021
The spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has plagued the internet for decades. While new material appears every now and then, existing photos and videos keep re-appearing, mostly on the dark web. Scanning i...
Addressing discrimination in data-driven advertising: Regulatory opportunities and failures within the EU
23 June 2021
The marketing industry has become a data-driven realm. It uses data to predict consumer preferences, to anticipate their needs, convince them about the utility of a new product, shape their shopping habits, and to ...
2021: The emergence of digital foreign policy
26 January 2021
Digital diplomacy, Diplomatic theory and practice, Gender rights online
In November 2020, Switzerland introduced its Digital Foreign Policy Strategy, marking a new phase in its efforts to shape the governance of digital issues. For decades, Switzerland has been at the forefront of interna...
Training and courses
Events
RightOn #12: SDGs and Human Rights: Leading the way to COVID-19 response and recovery
30 Sep 20 - 30 Sep 20
Online
RightOn #11: Communicating human rights: How to win the global ‘battle of ideas’
09 Sep 20 - 09 Sep 20
Online
RightOn #9: Access to Information and the safety journalists in times of crisis
04 Jun 20 - 04 Jun 20
RightOn #8: Protecting the rights of older persons during the COVID-19 pandemic
27 May 20 - 27 May 20
Online
Digital policy in global governance: Issues and challenges discussed in Geneva
22 Sep 17 -
Switzerland
Introduction to Digital Politics 2015: online course for Geneva-based diplomats
27 Apr 15 - 22 Jun 15
Online
Resources
2011
Data protection on the Internet and its lack of regulation in Paraguay: adequate regulation for call centres
This research focuses on data protection regulations in Paraguay in order to analyse whether it contains provisions regulating the computerised processing of personal data and transborder data flows.... Read more...
2009
Tackling privacy issues
'It is necessary to focus the IGF discussion on the real problems associated with the collection and use of personal information. The reality is that there is very little that consumers can do today to protect their personal data...' - Katitza Rodriguez from Peru... Read more...
2006
Emerging Leaders for the Digital World 2009
These pages contain the stories of talented people likely to play an important role in future Internet-related developments; all of them former participants in Diplo’s Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IG CBP) held between 2005 and 2007.... Read more...
2009
Empowering women in the IG process
'At the ICANN meeting in Puerto Rico last year I was not aware of anything unusual in the demographics, but in Hyderabad I noticed that while men of my age were quite well-represented, there were comparatively few women...' - Deirdre Williams from St Lucia... Read more...
