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Academic Conference on Africa 2024: 3 December

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Tuesday, 3 December

Theme: "Rights and Realities: Integrating Diverse Dimensions of Human Rights in Africa"
Location: Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. New York local time

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Opening Remarks

  • Ms. Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the 51勛圖 Secretary-General on Africa

 

Keynote Remarks

  • Prof. Ng?g? wa Thiong*o, Kenyan Author and Novelist; Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine

 

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Recorded at NS Studios by Kwame R貝g貝i, in conjunction with Wanjik迂 Publishing House (WPH)

 

Panel Discussion and Interactive Dialogue with the Audience

  • MODERATOR: Prof. Obiora Okafor, Edward B. Burling Chair in International Law and Institutions, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • Prof. Penelope Andrews, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law; Director, Racial Justice Project, New York Law School
  • Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, Professor of Practice in International Human Rights Law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Chair, Governing Council, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University; Chair, Truth, Justice, and Peace Commission, South-East Nigeria
  • Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, The Honourable Lady Chief Justice, Judicial Service of Ghana
  • MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Ben Dotsei Malor, Chief Editor, UN News

 

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  • Portrait photo of H.E. Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, President of Senegal and Chair of the AU Committee of Heads of State Champions of STEM Education

    Prof. Odinkalu

  • Portrait photo of Monique Nsanzabaganwa, Deputy Chairperson, African Union Commission

    Justice Torkorno

General Information

Tuesday, 3 December

  • Opening Remarks
  • Panel Discussion

Wednesday, 4 December

  • Panel Discussion
  • Interactive Dialogue

Thursday, 5 December

  • Roundtable Discussion
  • Interactive Dialogue
  • Closing Remarks