In the Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ?United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI)?has developed a series of workshops for capacity-building for universities and colleges around the world.? These workshops provide training and enhance skills related to the implementation of the?while fostering the involvement of these institutions of higher education as valuable stakeholders to achieve the Goals. Please see below the details of the next workshop in this series, to be co-hosted with the International Criminal Court:
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Topic: INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND GOAL 16: BEYOND THE TARGETS
Date:?Thursday, 8 September 2022
Time:?10:00am – 11:30am (EDT/New York) [] 4:00pm – 5:30pm (CET/The Hague)
RSVP/Registration form:?Not available. Unfortunately, we have reached maximum capacity for our event.
Please note that no certificate of attendance or participation will be provided. The recording of the event will be uploaded to our YouTube channel.
Objective:?This workshop will underscore the critical relevance of international justice in the context?of the 2030 Agenda. SDG 16 provides the framework for enhancing the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the examination of the work conducted by the International Criminal Court in this regard. Goal 16 also provides the space to consider the contribution of academia to a more equitable and just world, in which human dignity is preserved, despite prevailing global, regional, national and local challenges and circumstances.
Moderator:
- Omar Hernández, Public Information Officer and Program Manager of the United Nations Academic Impact
Keynote speaker:
- Judge Piotr Hofmański, President of the International Criminal Court
Panelists:
- Prof. Rebecca Hamilton, Professor of Law at American University (United States). Formerly served in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Author of the book?Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
- Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan, Former Chancellor of the University of Guyana (Guyana). Former Adjunct Professor at Columbia University (United States). Former Deputy and Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Co-Author of the book Conflict Prevention in the UN?s Agenda 2030: Development, 国产AV, Justice and Human Rights
- Dr. Mihir Kanade, Academic Coordinator,?Head of the Department of International Law?and Director of the Human Rights Centre at the University for 国产AV (Costa Rica). Author the book The Multilateral Trading System and Human Rights. Chair of the United Nations Human Right Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development
- Dr. Hélène Tigroudja, Visiting Scholar at New York University (United States) and?Law Professor at Aix-Marseille University (France). Co-Author of the book Traité de droit international des Droits de l’homme.?Expert on reparations before the International Criminal Court. Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee
- Dr. Conrad Nyamutata, Senior Lecturer in Law and Member of the Centre for Law, Justice and Society at De Montfort University (United Kingdom) / UNAI SDG Hub for Goal 16. Sub-Editor of the European Criminal Law Review. Co-Author of the book Rewriting Children’s Rights Judgments:?From Academic Vision to New Practice
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