Register for CCG launch event of ICRC report “Protecting Civilians Against Digital Threats During Armed Conflict,” Chinese version
ICRC Personal Envoy of the President will join Xiaodong Lee, Founder and CEO of the Fuxi Institution, a Chinese domestic NGO dedicated to internet infrastructure and digital economy policy in China.
Between 2021 and 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convened a global advisory board of high-level leaders and experts from the legal, military, policy, technological, and security fields and released a final report, titled "Protecting Civilians Against Digital Threats During Armed Conflict", to advise the organization on digital threats and to develop concrete recommendations to protect civilians against such threats.
The English report, released in October 2023, remains accessible on the ICRC website, presenting four guiding principles and a set of concrete recommendations for belligerents, states, tech companies, and humanitarian organisations to prevent or mitigate digital threats to civilian populations.
The Chinese version of the report will be officially launched during CCG's co-hosted event with the ICRC scheduled on 17 December 2024, from 14:30 to 16:00.
The event will include opening and closing remarks by Balthasar Staehelin, the ICRC Personal Envoy of the President for China and Head of the Regional Delegation for East Asia.
Keynote presentations will be delivered by:
• Marwa Shabbar, Head of the Legal Department at the ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia
• Xiaodong Lee, Founder and CEO of the Fuxi Institution, a non-profit organisation in China dedicated to internet infrastructure and the digital economy, and a member of the ICRC's global advisory board on digital threats during armed conflicts.
Marwa Shabbar and Xiaodong Lee will also participate in a discussion and live Q&A session with the audience.
Those interested in attending the event in person may register at
Agenda
14:00 | Guest arrival, networking and light refreshments
14:30 | Welcome and opening remarks
· Mabel Lu Miao, Co-Founder and Secretary General, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
14:35 | Opening remarks & reveal
· Mike Liu, Vice President and Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
· Balthasar Staehelin, ICRC Personal Envoy of the President for China and Head of Regional Delegation for East Asia
14:45 | Feature presentation (20 minutes each)
· Marwa Shabbar, Head of Legal Department, ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia
· Xiaodong Lee, Founder and CEO, Fuxi Institution, Vice Chairman of Internet Society of China, Research Professor of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Tsinghua University
15:25 | Discussion with Q&A
· Xiaodong Lee, Founder and CEO, Fuxi Institution, Vice Chairman of Internet Society of China, Research Professor of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Tsinghua University
· Marwa Shabbar, Head of Legal Department, ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia
· Mike Liu, Vice President and Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization (CCG) (moderator)
15:55 | Closing remarks
· Balthasar Staehelin, ICRC Personal Envoy of the President for China and Head of Regional Delegation for East Asia
16:00 | Event adjourns
Please note this is an offline event. You need to be in Beijing to attend it physically. Those interested in attending the event in person may register at