5 June 2023
Online Regional Meetup (MENA, Africa, Latam, Europe)
7.00-8.00 am CST, 15.00-16.00 CET
ECNL role: Host of the European meetup
Location: Online (Link to join: https://rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightscon-costa-rica-2023/events/online-regional-meetup-mena-africa-latam-europe-8qTSiFTeG8pmWKZanxvqEy )
Meetups provide a space for the RightsCon community to connect and network with other regional partners and build trusted relationships before RightsCon begins. Each facilitator will be seated at a table marked with their region for the duration of the hour, and participants are welcome to rotate in and out of open seats at available tables.
Side event on DSA risk assessments (invite only)
15.15-17.30 CST
ECNL role: Co-host with Access Now
Location: Wyndham San José Herradura
Access Now and ECNL are developing practical recommendations for ensuring meaningful risk assessments under the Digital Services Act (DSA). We will gather experts from civil society, academia and companies for a closed-door roundtable where we will present our ongoing work and request feedback.
6 June 2023
Mind the Gap: Private Capital challenges in right-respecting investments (hosted by BHRCC)
10:15-11:15 CST
ECNL role: Speaker
Location: Heredia Room at Costa Rica Convention Center (CRCC)
Through a multi-stakeholder, private meeting between government, civil society and private capital investors, session will explore the human rights risks connected to private investment in tech, as well as discuss and identify practical and concrete ways to overcome the challenges that private capital investors have when applying human rights due diligence in the pursuit of rights-respecting investments.
7 June 2023
ECNL/CELE RC side event on stakeholder engagement, FOE & AI (invite only)
15.00-19.00 CST, 15.00-17.30 Meeting & 17.30-19.00 Reception
ECNL role: Co-host with CELE
Location: Wyndham San José Herradura
This closed workshop dives into the need for meaningful multi-stakeholder collaboration and engagement with civil society in identifying the impacts, opportunities and challenges of AI systems on the rights to freedom of expression, information, assembly, and association (core civic freedoms). It aims to build capacity and collaboration of regional civil society actors.
8 June 2023
Co-creating the online spaces we want in a (Fe)diverse and decentralized internet
9.00-10.00 CST
ECNL role: Co-host with CELE
Location: Tortuga Room at CRCC
This interactive session will explore the challenges and opportunities of the ‘fediverse’ as well as emerging technologies such as web3. Can web3 truly function as a decentralised system and advance public interest and civic space, in a world built around centralised power, money and influence? Following the interventions from platform representatives and civil society, participants will actively contribute through breakout groups.
Engagement on our terms! A civil society manifesto for meaningful engagement in AI (invite only)
12.45-13.45 CST
ECNL role: Co-host with Access Now
Location: Online
At this session ECNL will present the Framework for Meaningful Engagement to the global digital rights community gauging strategic input towards a civil society manifesto for meaningful engagement in AI.