The Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI), with the support of the African Embassies accredited to the Republic of Ireland are delighted to collaborate on this conference to mark Africa Day 2016. The African Union marks 2016 as the ‘The African Year of Human Rights, with particular focus on the Rights of Women’, as well as the 35th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter in 1981.
This conference will be addressed by the following distinguished speakers:
Prof. Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER
Mr. Driss El Yazami, Chair of the National Human Rights Council in Morocco
H.E. Lela Alem Gebreyohannes, Ambassador of Ethiopia to Ireland;
Ms. Mary Lawlor, Executive Director of Front Line Defenders
Ms. Neltah Chadamoyo, Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Centre
Prof. Carol Newman, Chair of TIDI, will chair this conference.
Please RSVP to: tidi@tcd.ie to reserve your place.