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- Submit an abstract to the Call for Papers, which is open until 22 December 2024
- In case you missed it, watch the archived video recording of the exchanges on 3 December, 4 December and .
- The latest version of the Programme, updated on 4 December, is now available
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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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
Watch the live stream via and/or YouTube live stream ( | )
Opening Remarks
- Ms. Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the United Nations 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 Rīgīi, in conjunction with Wanjikū 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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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




