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Caterina Rodelli

EU Policy Analyst

Caterina is EU Policy Analyst at Access Now. She works on issues related to biometric surveillance, artificial intelligence, privacy, and her main focus is around the intersection between technology, borders and the rights of people on the move. Previously, Caterina advised in some strategic litigation cases challenging EU migration policies in the Central Mediterranean and in Libya. She worked and volunteered for several NGOs that supports migrants’ rights, as the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), in Belgium, and Mobile Info Team for Refugees, in Greece. Caterina holds an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Cooperation Studies in the Mediterranean region, from the Universitat Autonoma of Barcellona, University of Ca Foscari of Venice and Univerité Paul Valéry III of Montpellier.

Protect Not Surveil

How a new Europol reform threatens digital war on migrants

20 Feb 2025

The #ProtectNotSurveil coalition analyses a proposed reform of the Europol agency which will increase unlawful surveillance against migrants.

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How a new Europol reform threatens digital war on migrants
20 Feb 2025
How a new Europol reform threatens digital war on migrants
AI Action Summit

Human rights and justice must be at the heart of the upcoming Commission guidelines on the AI Act implementation

16 Jan 2025

This statement was written by the AI Act civil society and the #ProtectNotSurveil coalitions following the EU Commission consultation on the AI Act.

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Human rights and justice must be at the heart of the upcoming Commission guidelines on the AI Act implementation
16 Jan 2025
Human rights and justice must be at the heart of the upcoming Commission guidelines on the AI Act implementation
smart borders

EU leaders: change course and end your war on migrants

30 Oct 2024
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EU leaders: change course and end your war on migrants
30 Oct 2024
EU leaders: change course and end your war on migrants
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Surveilling Europe’s edges: detention centres as a blueprint for mass surveillance

2 Oct 2024

In the third and final part of her blog series, Caterina Rodelli examines how EU migration policies and detention practices on the island of Samos are strengthening the EU’s wider, permanent mass surveillance infrastructure.

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Surveilling Europe’s edges: detention centres as a blueprint for mass surveillance
2 Oct 2024
Surveilling Europe’s edges: detention centres as a blueprint for mass surveillance
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Surveilling Europe’s edges: when research legitimises border violence

25 Sep 2024

In the second part of her blog series, Caterina Rodelli explains how EU-funded research projects on border surveillance are legitimising violent migration policies in Greece.

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Surveilling Europe’s edges: when research legitimises border violence
25 Sep 2024
Surveilling Europe’s edges: when research legitimises border violence
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Surveilling Europe’s edges: when digitalisation means dehumanisation

18 Sep 2024

In the first of a three-part blog series, Caterina Rodelli explains how digital surveillance is dehumanising people at Europe’s borders.

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Surveilling Europe’s edges: when digitalisation means dehumanisation
18 Sep 2024
Surveilling Europe’s edges: when digitalisation means dehumanisation
2024 Joint civil society statement on cyber and human security

Open letter to European Commission: the dangers of age verification proposals to fundamental rights online

16 Sep 2024
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Open letter to European Commission: the dangers of age verification proposals to fundamental rights online
16 Sep 2024
Open letter to European Commission: the dangers of age verification proposals to fundamental rights online
U.S. blocklists Sandvine for enabling digital repression in Egypt

Open letter: UK authorities must stop plans to deploy facial recognition tech

19 Aug 2024

Human rights organisations urge Prime Minister Keir Starmer to drop any plans to expand the use of live facial recognition surveillance.

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Open letter: UK authorities must stop plans to deploy facial recognition tech
19 Aug 2024
Open letter: UK authorities must stop plans to deploy facial recognition tech
Protect Not Surveil

Joint statement – The EU Migration Pact: a dangerous regime of migrant surveillance

10 Apr 2024

The EU New Pact on Migration and Asylum ushers in a deadly new era of digital surveillance, expanding the digital infrastructure for an EU border regime based on the criminalisation and punishment of migrants and racialised people. 

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Joint statement – The EU Migration Pact: a dangerous regime of migrant surveillance
10 Apr 2024
Joint statement – The EU Migration Pact: a dangerous regime of migrant surveillance
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The EU AI Act: a failure for human rights, a victory for industry and law enforcement

13 Mar 2024

Loopholes and exemptions: the EU has voted to adopt an AI Act that fails to protect people from harm.

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The EU AI Act: a failure for human rights, a victory for industry and law enforcement
13 Mar 2024
The EU AI Act: a failure for human rights, a victory for industry and law enforcement