RightsCon, an annual event at the intersection of human rights and technology, will be held in its 12th edition from 5-8 June 2023 in Costa Rica and online. Over 600 sessions will range across 15 thematic tracks, and APC will focus particularly on two themes: gender and sexuality and climate and environmental justice, as well as presenting a much-needed gender-responsive perspective on cybersecurity.
Alongside the APC network’s various forms of participation in sessions and events, this year we will also present our second series of Local Sound Bites, which we inaugurated at the last 2022 global IGF in Ethiopia. We will publish a daily audio segment where we speak with local actors in the host country, Costa Rica, to engage with and learn from voices on the ground.
At RightsCon, APC's Local Sound Bites will feature activists about issues in Central America and especially the environmental struggles and advances being made in the region. We hope you will join us as we engage with some of the most urgent issues that affect us all today and into our collective future.
Episode 1: Local Sound Bites in Central America
In this episode of Local Sound Bites, we talk to Kemly Camacho, founder and general coordinator of Sulá Batsú, a Costa Rican cooperative founded in 2005 based on the solidarity economy.
Episode 2: Local Sound Bites in Central America
In this episode of Local Sound Bites (in Spanish) we talk to Elka González Mendoza of Aeropost about the private sector and its responsibilities with digital technologies and environmental justice.
Episode 3: Local Sound Bites in Central America
In this episode of Local Sound Bites, we talk to Paz Peña, researcher and independent consultant on ICTs, feminism and social justice. She's the author of "Tecnologías para un planeta en llamas".
Episode 4: Local Sound Bites in Central America
In this episode of Local Sound Bites, we talk to Roxy Williams, regional coordinator for Space Generation Advisory Council.