In conversation with Nani Jansen Reventlow, Digital Rights: Developments at Home and Abroad

May 25, 2021

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June 9, 2021 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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In Conversation with Nani Jansen Reventlow, Digital Rights: Developments at Home and Abroad.

 

6.00pm Wednesday 9th June 2021

A recording of this event is available here

 

In modern times, digital technologies have increasingly come to dominate every area of our lives, from the ways in which we communicate and consume information, to business, banking and even the operation of our criminal justice systems. With the growing use and deployment of digital technologies in society, the issue of the protection of our human rights in the digital sphere has taken centre-stage.

In this conversation, with leading digital rights expert Nani Jansen Reventlow, we will explore the latest developments in the digital rights field, both in the UK and internationally. We will touch on such topics as the increasing threat to digital rights posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the issue of A.I “automating bias” and discuss the “Decolonisation” of the digital rights field.

This event is chaired by Aswini Weereratne QC and Tetevi Davi

Speakers:

Nani Jansen Reventlow is the founding director of the Digital Freedom Fund, which supports partners in Europe to advance digital rights through strategic litigation. She is a recognised international lawyer and expert in human rights litigation responsible for standard-setting freedom of expression cases across several national and international jurisdictions. Nani is also a lecturer at Columbia Law School and an Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers.

Moderators:

Aswini Weereratne QC is Chair of the HRLA and a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. She focuses on the protection of adults and young people in vulnerable situations and utilises her skills in a wide range of practice areas concerning public and private law issues and international law. She also has a strong background in investigatory and regulatory work as well as independent/neutral chairing.  Aswini is also a qualified mediator and part-time judge (First-tier Tribunal and Court of Protection).

Tetevi Davi is an Executive Committee member of the HRLA and pupil barrister at 25 Bedford Row. He is developing a practice in all areas of criminal defence including international crime and extradition as well as in domestic and international human rights law. He also writes on transitional justice and is a rapporteur for Oxford International Organizations.

 

 

The HRLA thanks Doughty Street Chambers for their generosity in hosting this online event