The next PPI board meeting is scheduled for March 26, 2024, at 09:00 UTC. The meeting will take place as usual on Jitsi: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board Anyone can recommend an agenda item by writing in a topic here: https://ga.pp-international.net/c/ppiboard/31 Yesterday, March 5, 2024, we held a meeting that we summarize here. You can also read the minutes yourself here: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2024-03-05 We updated on domain issues, communication with WIPO, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pirates at the UNHQ Partnership Forum in NY
On January 30, 2024 PPI’s representatives Ohad Shem Tov and Ohad Bar Siman Tov attended the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Partnership Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The forum addressed the critical theme of “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient, and innovative solutions.” https://ecosoc.un.org/en/events/2024/ecosoc-partnership-forum The 2024 ECOSOC […]
Alexei Navalny Condolence Statement from Pirate Party of Russia
The following is a translation of the statement from the Pirate Party of Russia about Alexei Navalny. For those of you who can read Russian, you can find the original post here: https://pirate-party.ru/smert-navalnogo/ Russian pirates participated with Alexei Navalny at the Internet Freedom Conference on December 7, 2019. You can find a video of his speech at that conference here: https://youtu.be/3L6YvHxRKL8?si=zSCm6wvfnBmaH3OI 1125 days in jail […]
AI Working Group Meeting on Feb. 24 at 20:00 UTC
Calling all interested individuals! Date: February 24th Time: 20:00 UTC Location: Pirate Parties International Discord Voice Channel at the Pirate Parties International Discord: https://discord.gg/JX7fyFdzJn We’re excited to announce the first meeting of the Pirate Party International Working Group on AI. Join us on February 24th to collaborate on setting up this initiative. Your input and participation are invaluable as we chart our course forward. The […]
PPI Board Meeting on March 5th at 20:00 UTC, AI Working Group on Feb. 24th at 20:00 UTC
PPI Board Meeting The next PPI Board Meeting will take place on March 5, 2024 at 20:00 UTC. Everyone is welcome to attend. We will be discussing recent working groups, UN activities, and other important issues. The board meeting will take place as usual on Jitsi: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board During the last meeting we had some difficulties on Jitsi, so we switched back to BBB: https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v Please […]
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 […]
Passing of our dear friend and comrade from the Netherlands, Danny Werner
Dear Pirates, By now I am sure you have all heard about the passing of our dear friend and comrade from the Netherlands, Danny Werner: https://piratenpartij.nl/in-memoriam-danny-werner/ A lot of us knew Danny through the international Pirate movement, including many PPI and PPEU events/projects. He was a hard working and passionate Pirate and just an overall amazing human, and we will miss him greatly. This Friday, February […]
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 […]
