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Events in 2019<\/h2>\n
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6th ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, <\/strong>25-26 September 2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The SHUREA project in collaboration with other stakeholder is organizing the conference with the theme \u201cStrengthening Access to Justice for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCRs)\u201d. <\/em>The idea of an Annual Conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was born in 2014, at the behest of Government processes that flagged the need for constitutional reforms. more information can be found here about the outcomes as well as organizers can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The 4th Conference of the Law and Development Network The Plurality of Law and Development, <\/span>\u00a025-27 September 2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n

SHUREA and RELAY<\/a> coordinated panel ‘Rights and development in the mandate and work of international institutions’<\/span>\u00a0 at the\u00a04th Conference of the Law and Development Network\u00a0The Plurality of Law and Development<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Humboldt University, Berlin.<\/p>\n

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Third African Forum for Doctoral Research in Human Rights (AfriDoors), Addis Ababa University School of Law, 7-11 October 2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Strengthening Human Rights Research and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (SHUREA) is a Finnish funded project aimed at strengthening policy relevant human rights research at the member institutions: Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), Makerere University (Uganda), University of Nairobi (Kenya), University of Pretoria (South Africa) and \u00c5bo Akademi University (Finland).<\/span><\/p>\n

The third AfriDoors Conference will be held from 7 to 11 October 2019 at the School of Law, Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. This year\u2019s conference theme is \u2018Towards a More Robust Protection of Human Rights in Africa\u2019. Abstract for papers at the conference is invited from doctoral students, post-docs and academic staff from the SHUREA member institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is expected that papers presented at this Conference will be reworked by authors and submitted for consideration for publication in special issues of three journals: Journal of Ethiopian Law, East African Law Journal and the African Human Rights Law Journal, provided that the articles comply with publication standards of the journals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 March 2019.\u00a0<\/b>For more information, see Call for Papers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Africa Day Celebration: Protecting the rights of African migrants in the context of xenophobia, 23 May, 2019<\/h2>\n

The Democracy, Transparency and Digital Rights Unit of the Centre for Human Rights (the Centre), University of Pretoria, hosted an African Day Celebration on 23 May 2019. The aim of the event was to celebrate the diversity of Africa and what it means to be African. The event further aimed to facilitate a conversation on Pan-Africanism and how South Africans as a people, can stand in solidarity with African migrants on the injustices and inhuman experiences of xenophobia in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Events in 2018<\/h2>\n
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Advanced Course on Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights<\/a>, \u00c5bo Akademi University, 10-14 December 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On the occasion of the 70th<\/sup>Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and International Human Rights Day the 10th\u00a0<\/sup>of December 2018, the School of Law of Addis Ababa University organized a half-day Panel Discussion on a theme \u2018Compensation for Human Rights Violations in Ethiopia: Legal Gaps and Implementation Challenges\u2019. More information<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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HEI ICI Coordinators meeting, EDUFI, Helsinki, 1 November 2018<\/p>\n

1st Annual National Disability Rights Conference, \u201cDisability Rights in Uganda: Perceptions, Progress, Challenges and the Way Forward\u201d,\u00a03 October 2018, Makerere University (programme<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND: Leveraging The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) to Realize Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCRS)<\/a>, 19-20 September 2018, Makerere University<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/shurea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2018\/09\/AUD-20180830-WA0038.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"\"SHUREA coordinated Panel on access to justice within the\u00a0Third annual conference of the Law and Development Research Network: INTERFACES<\/a>,\u00a0Leiden University, the Netherlands, 19-21 September 2018<\/p>\n

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Panel Human Rights in Africa \u2013 From Rhetoric to Reality<\/a> at\u00a0AHRI 2018\u00a0Renewing Rights in Times of Transition:\u00a070 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a>,\u00a07 and 8 September 2018, the Edinburgh Global Justice Academy<\/a><\/p>\n

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Second African Forum for Doctoral Research in Human Rights (AfriDoors), University of Nairobi, 27-31 August 2018<\/p>\n

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SHUREA Board Meeting, University of Nairobi, 29 August 2018<\/p>\n

Reviewer’s Workshop, University of Nairobi, 31 August – 1 September 2018<\/p>\n

Inter-Generational Dialogue on the Rights of Women<\/a>, University of Pretoria, 24 August 2018<\/p>\n

Civil society Forum on Effective Engagement with the Pan African Parliament<\/a>, University of Pretoria, Venue: The Pan-African Parliament, Midrand, South Africa,\u00a0<\/span>8 August 2018<\/span><\/p>\n

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Law and Development Research Network PhD Course 2018 – Resilience and Equality: Questions for the North and the South<\/a>, \u00c5bo Akademi University, 11-15 June 2018<\/p>\n

HEI ICI Coordinator meeting, EDUFI, 4 June 2018<\/p>\n

Southern Africa Expert Meeting on the Rights of Older Women<\/a>,\u00a0University of Pretoria, 30 May 2018<\/span><\/p>\n

Events in 2017<\/h2>\n
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Addis Ababa University School of Law Second Annual Thematic Conference, Addis Ababa University School of Law, 7-8 August 2017<\/p>\n

Intensive Course on Contemporary Challenges to International Human Rights Law<\/a>, \u00c5bo Akademi University, 27 November – 1 December 2017<\/p>\n

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SHUREA Board Meeting, University of Pretoria, 10 October 2017<\/p>\n

African Forum for Doctoral Research in Human Rights<\/a> (AfriDoors), University of Pretoria, 9-13 October 2017<\/p>\n

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4th Annual National Conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Local Government, Devolution and Service Delivery, Makerere University, 20-21 September 2017 (programme<\/a>).\u00a0The conference was partly broadcasted live on one of Uganda\u2019s major TV stations (nbs tv). Extracts of the live broadcast are available here<\/a>.\u00a0A summary of the communiqu\u00e9 from the conference\u00a0is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Internal Research Seminar with SHUREA guest researchers, \u00c5bo Akademi University, 13 September 2017<\/p>\n

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Orientation Day on Ethiopian Higher Education System, University of Tampere, HEI ICI LMEU Project, 31 August 2017<\/p>\n

Annual Thematic Conference (Research Days) at Addis Ababa University School of Law, 7-8 August 2017<\/p>\n

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SHUREA Board meeting, \u00c5bo Akademi University, 21 June 2017<\/p>\n

SHUREA Kick-Off Meeting, \u00c5bo Akademi University, 18-22 June 2017<\/p>\n

HEI ICI Coordinator meeting, EDUFI, 17-18 May 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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