Dissemination activities
Participation by the Department of International Law in the International Congress “Africa and People of African Descent: Issues and Actions to (Re)-envision the Future”
The International Congress entitled “Africa and People of
African Descent: Issues and Actions to (Re)-envision the
Future,” was held on September 14-16, 2011, organized by
the Department of World Languages and Cultures of Howard
University, Washington, D.C.
Participating in the Congress were academics, researchers,
students, journalists, writers, leaders of Afro-descendant
communities and of Afro-descendant civil society, and
others. The main objectives of the Congress were to
promote greater knowledge and respect for the diversity of
the African cultural heritage; to publicize the fight
for recognition of the African heritage; and to discuss the
participation of African and Afro-descendant people
in the political, economic, social and cultural life of
their respective nations. One of key objectives, moreover,
was to facilitate a connectin between Africa and the African
disaspora in Europe and in the Americas.
The Department of International Law was invited to
attend this prestigious event to take part in a panel
discussion on “The Role of International Organizations in
the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of
Afro-descendants.” The Department delivered a
presentation entitled “Afro-descendants in the Americas
and International Law: The contribution of the OAS
Department of International Law to development of the
subject of Afro-descendant issues.” The moderator for
that panel was Gay McDougall, a well-known United Nations
Independent Expert on Minority Issues. Other speakers at the
panel discussion were Corinne Lennox of the University of
London, Esther Ojulari, of ChildHope – UK, and Carlos
Quesada, of Global Rights – USA.
Through its participation, the Department of International
Law was able to disseminate its contributions in the field
of Afro-descendant issues.
For further information about the Conference
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