S2 E10: #Tech4Rights: The importance of technology and human Rights

<p>In conversation with Ms Hlengiwe Dube</p> <p>The Centre for Human Rights campaign for 2020 is <a href='https://www.chr.up.ac.za/campaigns/tech4rights-campaign'>#Tech4Rights: Rethinking a human rights-based approach to new technologies in Africa</a>. The year- long theme focuses on the impact of new technologies on different aspects of human rights. In this episode, Ms Hlengiwe Dube, unit manager for <a href='https://www.chr.up.ac.za/units/about-expression-information-and-digital-rights-unit'>The Expression, Information and Digital Rights Unit</a> discusses the importance of technology on human rights.</p> <p>The Expression, Information and Digital Rights Unit supports the mandate of the <a href='https://www.achpr.org/specialmechanisms/detail?id=2'>Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa </a>of the <a href='https://www.achpr.org/'>African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights</a> in the promotion and protection of Freedom of Expression and Access to information on the continent, as guaranteed by Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and further elaborated by the <a href='https://www.achpr.org/presspublic/publication?id=80'>Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa</a></p> <p>This conversation was recorded on 20 July 2020. Music: Inner Peace by Mike Chino <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=ENmHUms4xUMD4ZiEC4sLmB95Pct8MTU1NDE0OTYwM0AxNTU0MDYzMjAz&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fmike-chino&v=0nI6qJeqFcc'>https://soundcloud.com/mike-chino</a>Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=ENmHUms4xUMD4ZiEC4sLmB95Pct8MTU1NDE0OTYwM0AxNTU0MDYzMjAz&q=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-sa%2F3.0%2F&v=0nI6qJeqFcc'>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...</a>Music promoted by Audio Library <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nI6qJeqFcc'>https://youtu.be/0nI6qJeqFcc </a></