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PPI sends delegates to the UN’s Cybercrime Committee

KG September 25, 2023 November 15, 2023

From August 21 to 25, 2023, PPI’s representatives at the UN Headquarters in New York, Dr. Ohad Shem Tov and Dr. Keith Goldstein, participated as delegates in the Sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/cybercrime/ad_hoc_committee/ahc_sixth_session/main. The committee was attended primarily by national delegations, as well as several major NGOs that are working in the field. Interpol seemed to have the largest delegation. We share with you some of the findings from the declaration and our reactions to it. Pirates should have concerns about the convention’s broad scope, which could infringe …

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

KG May 20, 2023 June 13, 2023

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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PPI Update on our Presence at the UN in Geneva in 2022

Mike November 4, 2022 November 4, 2022

As an organisation with the observer status with the UN Economic and Social Council, PPI is involved in quite a lot UN meetings. Thanks to our active team in Geneva, Switzerland, headed by our board member Carlos Polo, we manage to maintain our presence at these meeting quite well. Below is just a few recent examples of our participation: WTO Forum 22 PPI was present at WTO Forum 2022 with the aim to incorporate the debate of e-commerce. It is well known that the benefits of the exchanges should be better redistributed. Concerning the Metavers, PPI has participated at the conference, as one key point for the scaling and …

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Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (Pirates) met privately with Joe Biden during the UN GA in September

Mike October 4, 2022 October 4, 2022

As the Czech Republic currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union, we’ve gotten used to Czech Pirate politicians, who are part of the current Czech government, being more visible on the international stage. None more than the Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský though. In September he attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York on behalf of his country; and his presence was widely felt. Lipavský spoke both at the session of the GA as well as during the session of the Security Council, a not-so-common honour. He loudly called for crimes committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine to be investigated and international criminal court …