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Giulio Coppi

Giulio Coppi

Senior Humanitarian Officer

Giulio has over 15 years of international experience across the humanitarian, human rights, and academic sectors. He has worked with NRC, ICRC, OCHA, and OHCHR, among others, and has experience responding to crisis contexts in several countries. At Access Now, Giulio is responsible for monitoring and advising on digital rights in the context of conflict and disaster; advancing protection from digital harm through international humanitarian law norms, customs, and principles; and promoting ethical approaches to the design and delivery of technological systems by private companies.

Access Now theme

Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity

5 Feb 2025

From obstructed humanitarian access to the weaponization of personal digital devices, internet connectivity is an issue that carries multiple layers of harms
— one that we are only just starting to unpack.

Publication
Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity
5 Feb 2025
Holding space for human rights: improving the governance of satellite internet connectivity
ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders put Big Tech on notice

Ceasefire in Gaza: it’s time to end digital harms and deliver justice

20 Jan 2025

As physical violence appears to be coming to a halt after 15 months in Gaza, Access Now further calls for a digital ceasefire.

Press Release
Ceasefire in Gaza: it’s time to end digital harms and deliver justice
20 Jan 2025
Ceasefire in Gaza: it’s time to end digital harms and deliver justice
ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders put Big Tech on notice

Know your customer: ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders put Big Tech on notice

21 Nov 2024
Press Release
Know your customer: ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders put Big Tech on notice
21 Nov 2024
Know your customer: ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders put Big Tech on notice
Palestine Israel Digital Ceasefire; Gaza’s internet

Toward a digital ceasefire

20 Nov 2024

The ascent of cyber warfare is weaponizing our digital world; it’s time to embrace the concept of “digital ceasefire.”

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Toward a digital ceasefire
20 Nov 2024
Toward a digital ceasefire
South Sudan #KeepItOn

Break the silence on Sudan: an urgent call to action

5 Sep 2024

Over 50 civil society organizations urgently call upon the international community to step up and break the silence surrounding the brutal conflict in Sudan.

Press Release
Break the silence on Sudan: an urgent call to action
5 Sep 2024
Break the silence on Sudan: an urgent call to action
Togo elections internet access

Joint statement: Sudan has suffered in silence for over 500 days

5 Sep 2024

After more than 500 days of brutal conflict in Sudan, the #KeepItOn coalition reiterates calls to reactivate telecommunication services.

Press Release
Joint statement: Sudan has suffered in silence for over 500 days
5 Sep 2024
Joint statement: Sudan has suffered in silence for over 500 days
smart borders

“Smart borders” and the making of a humanitarian crisis

13 Mar 2024
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“Smart borders” and the making of a humanitarian crisis
13 Mar 2024
“Smart borders” and the making of a humanitarian crisis
EU Ukraine

What they did in the shadows: Internet shutdowns and atrocities in Ukraine

22 Feb 2024

Approaching two years since the full-scale invasion, we document the atrocities in Ukraine and the inflicted suffering on its people.

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What they did in the shadows: Internet shutdowns and atrocities in Ukraine
22 Feb 2024
What they did in the shadows: Internet shutdowns and atrocities in Ukraine
Private tech, humanitarian problems: how to ensure digital transformation does no harm

Private tech, humanitarian problems: how to ensure digital transformation does no harm

13 Feb 2024

Our new report, Mapping Humanitarian Tech: exposing protection gaps in digital transformation programmes, examines how humanitarian-tech partnerships impact people and communities at risk.

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Private tech, humanitarian problems: how to ensure digital transformation does no harm
13 Feb 2024
Private tech, humanitarian problems: how to ensure digital transformation does no harm
Human Rights 75 Pledges

Human Rights 75 pledges and vision on the future of human rights

8 Dec 2023

Access Now welcomes this opportunity to provide relevant information to the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to inform the High Commissioner’s Vision on the Future of Human Rights in the framework of the Human Rights 75 Initiative.

Press Release
Human Rights 75 pledges and vision on the future of human rights
8 Dec 2023
Human Rights 75 pledges and vision on the future of human rights