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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 this year tie in clearly with Pirate policies to stop surveillance and espionage. It is gratifying that after years of PPI claiming that privacy rights are human rights that other organizations are also taking a stand on this issue. Geneva for Human Rights (gva4HR) is …

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Reviewing the Pirate Security Conference

The 10th annual Pirate Security Conference took place on Feb. 17 and 18, 2024. This event is organized by our friends at Pirate Party of Germany with assistance from Pirate Parties International and additional partners. It takes place under the backdrop of the Munich Security Conference. This year we had perhaps the best lineup of speakers ever. A newspaper article was written about the conference and how it highlighted the issue of drone warfare. You can read the German article here: https://www.heise.de/news/Piraten-Konferenz-Drohnenstreitkraefte-wollen-hoch-hinaus-9635066.html The following blog presents some of our own reflections about the conference together with some of our own pictures of the event. A big thanks to Alexander Kohler, …

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Pirate Security Conference in Munich On February 17-18, 2024

The Quantum Jump in Technology and Geopolitics Sa. 17. Feb. 2024 10:00 – So. 18. Feb. 2024 17:00 CET Please see further details on the conference’s website: https://events.pirate-secon.net/en/the-pirate-security-conference-2024/ PPI is happy to continue its support of the Pirate Security Conference in Munich. The local organizing team of Alexander Kohler, Anja Hirschel, Sebastian Krone, Denk Selbst, and their Crew have done a great job of keeping this event going for 10 years now. “This conference has not only set trends, but also pioneered them by always being ahead of its time. The increasing fusion of technology and security has created new dimensions of challenges and opportunities. Over these ten years, we have …

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2024 UNOG Participation

We are thrilled to share that Pirate Parties International has once again secured ground passes, allowing our representatives to participate at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland (UNOG). We also have a team on the ground at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and will be sharing a separate blog about their activities soon. Furthermore, we are working now on getting a team together to participate at the UN Office in Vienna (UNOV). Our volunteer team is making an impact by attending events, making statements, and networking with other NGOs, International Organizations, and nation-states. We are standing up for Pirate values on this global platform. We are particularly …

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2023 Winter GA Updates

Ahoy Pirates, The 2023 Winter GA will be held on December 9th at 12 pm UTC. The meeting will take place on the PPI Mumble server: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=Mumble (see details below) The primary outlet for sharing information for the GA is on our Discourse: https://ga.pp-international.net/c/december-2023-ga/33   To Guests: You are welcome to sit in and listen. If you would like to have time to make a presentation or share information, please let us know, and we will do our best to provide you with time.   To Interested New Members: You can apply to become an ordinary member, observer member, or individual member. The ordinary and observer member applications are due …

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October 11th Board Meeting and Rescheduled Winter GA on December 9th

Ahoy Pirates, The next board meeting is scheduled for October 11th at 21:00 UTC. Where: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board Please feel free to add comments for the board on our Discourse: https://ga.pp-international.net/c/ppiboard/ At the last board meeting we also decided that the Winter General Assembly (GA) will take place on December 9th, starting at 12:00 UTC. If needed we will schedule an extra day on December 10th, but our goal is to finish in one day. Please note the later than usual start time, which we decided on to help accommodate parties around the world. An additional post will be provided soon with a etailed agenda, information about registration, links, and more in a separate …

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GA Quorum Issue and Upcoming Board Meeting

Ahoy Pirates, Alas we had an issue making quorum at the scheduled GA. There seem to be issues with the timing of our meetings, inactive parties that need to be reviewed, and active parties that need to join. At the next PPI Board meeting on Aug. 16, we will discuss ways to remedy this situation. Thank you all for your commitment to PPI. We appreciate your understanding as we work together to address these challenges. The next PPI board meeting is scheduled for August 16 at 21:00 UTC. The meeting will take place on Jitsi, and you can write comments on the agenda in Discourse (links below). As usual an …

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Pirate Parties International General Assembly, July 29th

About half a year has passed since our last GA, and we are ready for the 2023 PPI Summer GA! This will be an entirely online GA. At the last board meeting we decided to hold the next GA on Saturday, July 29th. We will start at 08:00 UTC, which is 10:00 CEST. This GA will focus on discussing various proposals. Election of new PPI officers will take place in the following Winter GA, so we will be focusing primarily on updates and proposals. If needed we will extend the meeting on Sunday, but hopefully we can finish the meeting in one day. The meeting will take place tentatively on …

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UNOG: PPI consultations on autonomous weapons systems, information society, and science at the UN

An Update on Numerous Recent Activities of PPI at the United Nations Office in Geneva!   Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS) PPI has been accepted to be one of the Civil Society representatives to contribute on the mandate of regulation of autonomous weapons systems (AWS). All the technological aspects of understanding the use of functions of this systems are clear for all actors, the main issues of discussion are when the machine can decide for itself to take a human life. There are several points of discussion regarding the fact that a machine can be autonomous to kill, as we have observed, drawing a parallel with the dangers of biological weapons. …

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Pirates from All Over Europe Met in Liberec, Czech Republic

On the last weekend of April, Pirates from all over Europe (and beyond) met in the city of Liberec, northern Czechia. And what was the reason? The annual General Assembly of the Czech Pirate Party. As part of the event, two debates were organised. On Saturday April 29th, a panel of European politicians got assembled. Moderated by Marcel Kolaja, a Pirate member of European Parliament, politicians from three European countries debated the state of their countries and the European project as a whole. Left to right: Sven Clement (MP, Luxembourg, Pirates), Ivan Bartoš (Deputy PM, Czechia, Pirates), Emilija Stojmenova Duh (Deputy PM, Slovenia, Freedom Movement), Marcel Kolaja (MEP, Czechia, Pirates); …

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