On 2 July 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, hosted the eleventh in a series of discussions, which are now open to the public. These discussions deal with the potential and actual impact on human rights on human rights and democratisation in Africa. The discussion was held in Zoom.

Theme: The impact of technologies on human rights during the COVID-19

Chair: Tomiwa Ilori (HRDA 2018)
Doctoral Student and Researcher, Expression, Information and Digital Rights Unit, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria

Panelists:

• Dr Ololade Shyllon (HRDA 2007)
  Privacy Policy Manager, Middle East and Africa, Facebook
  The role of private sector in human rights protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• Marystella Simiyu (HRDA 2018)
  Doctoral Student and Project Officer, Expression, information and Digital Rights Unit, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
  The role of technologies on democratisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• Dr Thompson Chengeta (HRDA 2011)
  Visiting Scholar, University of Oxford
  A want or a need: rethinking internet access as a right during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

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