<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thank you Louise, <div><br></div><div>We had a data deep dive workshop on the GDC in Addis, ECA conference Hall this past Thursday, which was chaired by Ambassador Anna Karin and </div><div>Ambassador Chola Milambo, the Co-facilitators of the GDC. It brought together CSOs, Academics, digital rights advocates and other stakeholders. </div><div>We have echoed similar issues, but more consolidated outcome document such as this can have a much more effective impact. </div><div>I will share my thoughts if i have anything to share. </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards, </div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Mesenbet Assefa (PhD)<br>Asst. Professor of Law, Addis Ababa University, <br>School of Law, Consultant and Attorney at Law, <br>Partner, 5A Law Firm LLP www.5alawoffice.com <br>Tel: +251 979066431 P.O.Box 150570<br>Skype: mesenbetassefa SSRN Page:<br><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times new roman", serif;"><font color="#1155cc"><a href="http://ssrn.com/author=1106956">http://ssrn.com/author=1106956</a></font> </span><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 2 Genbot 2016 ERA1, at 6:38 in the evening, Louise Karczeski <louise@dataprivacybr.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Hello everyone,<br><br></font><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;letter-spacing:0.1px;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Between the 9th and 10th of May, the </span><a href="https://www.un.org/en/civilsociety/2024uncsc" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-color:rgb(241,255,51)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">UN Civil Society Conference</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box"> is happening in Nairobi. The event is presented as an opportunity to engage civil society in preliminary discussions ahead of the Summit of the Future. <br><br>In light of this and the publication of the </span><a href="https://www.un.org/techenvoy/sites/www.un.org.techenvoy/files/Global_Digital_Compact_Zero_Draft.pdf" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-color:rgb(241,255,51)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">zero draft of the Global Digital Compact (GDC)</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box">, partner organizations Data Privacy Brasil, <a href="https://digitalrightsfoundation.pk/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-color:rgb(241,255,51)">Digital Rights Foundation</a>, <a href="https://paradigmhq.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-color:rgb(241,255,51)">Paradigm Initiative</a>, <a href="https://pollicy.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-color:rgb(241,255,51)">Pollicy</a> and <a href="https://researchictafrica.net/company-profile/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-color:rgb(241,255,51)">Research ICT Africa</a> developed a position paper addressing some of the pressing issues for civil society in the field of digital rights.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;letter-spacing:0.1px;text-align:justify"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">These issues were highlighted by the experiences of these organizations, considering both the GDC process and the Summit of the Future. This initiative stemmed from the meetings between members of the Global South Alliance, of which all the authors are part of, although it does not represent the views of all of its members.<br><br>Happy to hear your thoughts!</font></span></p></div>
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