Surveillance in public spaces: colonial past and new technologies

free upon registration June 2nd registrations >> (tour in English) meeting place: Gare du Midi more practical info will be communicated closer to the date Surveillance cameras have become a permanent feature of Brussels’ public space. Every day, residents and visitors are filmed by dozens of cameras, often without being fully aware of their presence, purpose, or impact. This guided walk explores how video surveillance has developed in Brussels, how it is organised and financed, and how effective it actually is. It also examines the implications for fundamental rights such as privacy, freedom of movement, and equality, and raises broader questions about the role and meaning of surveillance in our society, and its concrete consequences in terms of discrimination and racialised criminalisation in the criminal justice system, but also in the political sphere. The struggles for the decolonisation of public space and anti-racism campaigns are therefore essential compasses for understanding these issues. This interactive walk is organised by the Ligue des Droits Humains and the Collectif Mémoire Coloniale et Lutte contre les Discriminations. about Since 1901, the Ligue des Droits Humains (Human Rights League) has been working every day to promote respect for human rights in Belgium. https://www.instagram.com/ligue_des_droits_humains/ https://www.liguedh.be/ The Collectif Mémoire Coloniale et Lutte contre les Discriminations (Colonial Memory and Anti-Discrimination Collective) is a pan-African, decolonial citizen movement based in Belgium and founded in 2012. https://www.instagram.com/memoirecoloniale https://memoirecoloniale.com/