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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all - this is a heads up about a forthcoming event about the internet and human rights at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Following the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression annual report in 2011, an expert panel is being held during HRC 19. The session will take place on Wed 29 Feb and is being organised by the government of Sweden and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. APC will be attending and participating in the panel event.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We hope that an announcement will be made very soon about all of the panellists, but we can confirm that Carlos Afonso from Nupef will be one of the panellists, as will Anriette Esterhuysen, from APC. If you want to know more please go to: <a href="http://rights.apc.org">http://rights.apc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The event will be webcast and we are calling for a key recommendation to be that human rights are the main theme of the IGF in 2012. This idea is currently under discussion at the IGF and MAG meetings in Geneva.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Joy Liddicoat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Project Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Internet Rights are Human Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><a href="http://www.apc.org/">www.apc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>