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IGF 2024: Ensuring an Inclusive and Rights-Respecting Digital Future
December 19 @ 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm UTC+3
Join the Session: Workshop Room 6 / Zoom (hybrid)
Organised by: The Netherlands, FOC Chair 2024
Opening Remarks: Ernst Noorman, Ambassador for Cyber Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Moderator: Jacco Pepijn-Baljet, Senior Policy Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Speakers:
- Rasmus Lumi, Director General of the Department of International Organizations and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
- Sabhanaz Rashid Diya, Executive Director, Tech Global Institute
- Adeboye Adegoke, Senior Manager, Paradigm Initiative
- Fiona Alexander, American University
- Olaf Kolfman, Executive-level Advisor and Spokesperson, ISOC
- Emilar Gandhi, Global Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Meta
- Alex Walden, Global Head of Human Rights, Google
- Representative of the IGF Secretariat
- Representative of the Office of the UN Tech Envoy
Session Description:
With a number of key multilateral processes underway that have a potential of changing the Internet governance landscape, notably the UN Pact for the Future and the Global Digital Compact (GDC), this session will provide a platform for the various stakeholders in this space, including governments, civil society, the private sector, academia, the technical community, and relevant UN bodies, to discuss strategies for upholding the multistakeholder model of Internet governance. With the WSIS+20 Review coming up in 2025, participants will explore the path forward in implementing the Pact and GDC through the process for a rights-respecting and inclusive digital future. Relatedly, the session will also aim to provide an opportunity for relevant stakeholders to discuss the future of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in light of its mandate review in 2025. Stakeholders will examine ways to ensure the IGF’s role as a key platform for multistakeholder policy dialogue on Internet governance and for the promotion of an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space, outlined in the Tunis Agenda, is reaffirmed and strengthened, as well as discuss how the IGF can advance the commitments outlined in the GDC.
