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Academic Conference on Africa 2024: 3 December
Latest Updates
- 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 5 December.
- 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
Watch the live stream via UN WebTV and/or YouTube live stream (English | French)
Opening Remarks
- Ms. Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General on Africa
Keynote Remarks
- Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan Author and Novelist; Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine
Watch the Remarks
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
Watch the Discussion
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Prof. Odinkalu
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Justice Torkorno