BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Can the African Union Court on Human and People's Rights protec t Human Rights for Africans? International courts\, including the Internat ional Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague\, are considered by some African g overnments to be instruments of neo-colonialism. \; Instead of support ing the ICC\, some experts feel it would be best for African Union member states to focus on further establishing the African Court on Human and Peo ple's Rights. Formed in 1998\, the court is a tribunal meant to protect Af rican rights across the continent. \; Sadly the dream of justice withi n the continent risks falling apart as member states neglect the courts.&n bsp\; Guest speaker Aaron Mwewa\, a proud pan Africanist\, is a graduate o f the Public Diplomacy Program of Syracuse University and a 2015 Washingto n Mandela Fellow. \; He is a lecturer and researcher of Political Scie nce at \; the University of Lusaka in Zambia. To join\, copy and paste this url in your browser: tinyurl.com/parccZoomSponsored by PARCC. \;  \;For more information\, contact Roxanne Tupper at rmtupper@syr.edu o r at 315-443-2367. \; \; DTEND:20200917T171500Z DTSTAMP:20240329T063934Z DTSTART:20200917T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Conversations: The African Union Court on Human and People's Rights UID:RFCALITEM638472767745682929 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Can the African Union Court on Human and Pe ople's Rights protect Human Rights for Africans? International courts\, in cluding the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague\, are consider ed by some African governments to be instruments of neo-colonialism. \ ; Instead of supporting the ICC\, some experts feel it would be best for A frican Union member states to focus on further establishing the African Co urt on Human and People's Rights. Formed in 1998\, the court is a tribunal meant to protect African rights across the continent. \; Sadly the dr eam of justice within the continent risks falling apart as member states n eglect the courts. \; Guest speaker Aaron Mwewa\, a proud pan Africani st\, is a graduate of the Public Diplomacy Program of Syracuse University and a 2015 Washington Mandela Fellow. \; He is a lecturer and research er of Political Science at \; the University of Lusaka in Zambia. To j oin\, copy and paste this url in your browser: tinyurl.com/parccZoom
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For more information\, contact Ro xanne Tupper at rmtupper@syr.edu or at 315-443-2367. \; \;
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