Last month PPI’s United Nations Office at Vienna main representative Kay Schroeder attended a side event co-hosted by Interpol and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime during the 34th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The event focused on the use of neurotechnologies in criminal justice. PPI is closely monitoring these conversations out of our concern that overzealous institutions will use these […]
PPI Fundraiser for IGF
Dear Friends of the Pirate Community, PPI is heading again to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), this time in Norway. The IGF is a UN event that brings together a large number of governments and non-profit organizations. PPI has attended the IGF for about 10 years now. As part of our effort to attend the event, we are conducting a fundraiser to collect up to […]
PPI Workshop on Networking Ethics Accepted at IGF on June 23rd in Norway
PPI is heading again to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), this time in Norway. The IGF is a UN event that brings together a large number of governments and non-profit organizations. PPI has attended the IGF for about 10 years now. Our workshop entitled “Ethical Networking: Sustainability and Accountability” will be on June 23rd at 16:15 in Workshop Room 2, Hall C. The entire event […]
Why is UNOV important for PPI?
Over almost a decade of UN activities, we have consistently attended events at the UN Headquarters in New York and the office in Geneva. Around 2019 we sent a few delegates to Vienna, but COVID ended most of our activities. This year we are making a new emphasis to network and lobby at UNOV, because a lot of very important global policies that are important […]
Pirates at the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum
Our colleague from the Pirate Party of Germany in Munich, Alexander Kohler, recently attended the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum (PDSF). The event was held at the École Militaire in Paris from March 11 to 13. The 2025 forum was themed “Europe at the Crossroads”. The event focused on defense alliances, geopolitical challenges, and the evolving global landscape. Mr. Kohler is the leader of the […]
Pirate Security Conference is Going on Now: Watch It Live!
The Pirate Security Conference 2025 is going on now (February 15–16, 2025). You can watch it live or after the fact on YouTube at https://youtu.be/E_nWrp4EBds. Pirate Parties International (PPI) is proud to sponsor this year’s event together with Denk Selbst e.V., Piratenpartei Oberbayern, and Alpha Team & Cerberus Systemhaus GmbH. Since its inception, for 11 years now, the conference has taken place alongside the Munich […]
The 15th Board of PPI, Meeting on Jan. 28th at 14:00 UTC
Ahoy Pirates, The General Assembly was a great success. You can read the minutes here: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2025-01-11 We are pleased to present to you the 15th Board of PPI. People Elected at the PPI General Assembly 2025 Chairperson: Dr. Keith Goldstein (Israel) Vice Chair (1-Year Term): Gregory Engels (Germany) Board Members (2-Year Terms): Bailey Lamon (Canada) Alexander Isavnin (Russia) Mark Anthony van Treuren (Netherlands) Maycow Toledo […]
PPI GA this Saturday Jan 11th Agenda and More
Ahoy Pirates, We are pleased to invite you to the Pirate Parties International General Assembly, January 2025. The meeting will take place on Saturday, January 11th, starting at 12:00 UTC. If needed we will also meet on Sunday, January 12th. Several groups will meet in physical locations, including at the Berlin Pirate office at Pflugstraße 9, but the conference will be entirely online on JITSI: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board with […]
PPI Attends The World Summit on the Information Society
PPI recently attended The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) +20 Forum High-Level Event 2024 from 27 to 31 May 2024. This is a UN summit held in Geneva. The current event marked the summit’s 20th anniversary. The WSIS aims to bridge the digital divide by increasing internet accessibility in developing countries. The event was co-organized by several United Nations organizations including ITU, UNESCO, […]
Geneva Course to Stop Espionage and Surveillance
Pirate Parties International’s UNOG representative Carlos Parlo arrived yesterday for the opening event of the 55th Geneva Course conducted by Geneva for Human Rights – Global Training & Policy Studies. The course is taking place during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council, from March 5 to March 22, 2024. As can be seen by the photos, the topics that they are promoting […]
