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Academic Conference on Africa 2024: Programme
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- Submit an abstract to the Call for Papers, which is open until 22 December 2024
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- The latest version of the Programme, updated on 4 December, is now available
This Programme is available in PDF format for downloading.
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
Opening Remarks
- Ms. Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and United Nations Special Adviser 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
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 色库TV Commission, South-East Nigeria
- Prof. Barney Pityana, Former Vice Chancellor and Professor Emeritus of Law, University of South Africa; Honorary Professor, Department of Philosophy, Allan Gray Centre for Leadership Ethics, Rhodes University [tbc]
- Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, The Honourable Lady Chief Justice, Judicial Service of Ghana
- MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Ben Dotsei Malor, Chief Editor, UN News
Wednesday, 4 December
Theme: "Historical Contexts and Contemporary Challenges: The Evolution of Rule of Law in Africa"
Location: Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. New York local time
Panel Discussion and Interactive Dialogue with the Audience
- MODERATOR: Prof. Muna B. Ndulo, Professor of International & Comparative Law; Director, International Legal Studies Program, Cornell University
- Prof. Zenande Booi, Executive Director, Center on Race, Law and Justice, Fordham University School of Law
- Chief Mary Larteh, Paramount Chief of Jorquelleh, LiberiaHon. Mr. Justice (Prof) Joel Mwaura Ngugi, Judge, Court of Appeal, Kenya
- H.E. Ashraf Swelam, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for African Organizations & Communities / Chairman of AUDA - NEPAD Steering Committee / Focal Point of Egypt to the African Peer Review Mechanism
- Prof. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives and Professor of African Studies, Howard University
Thursday, 5 December
Theme: "From Theory to Action: Leveraging African Scholarship in Policy Development"
Location: Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. New York local time
Roundtable Discussion and Interactive Dialogue with the Audience
- MODERATOR: Prof. Kelechi Kalu, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside
- Prof. Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, President of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA); Director of Centre Arrupe, a centre for research and formation in Lubumbashi
- Prof. Cheryl Hendricks, Executive Director, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation; Former Executive Director, African Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
- Hon. Ronald Reagan Okumu, Former Member of Parliament (1996-2021), Uganda