The event aims to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing Egypt on its roadmap to democracy, and to provide a space where the aspirations of its people can be voiced.
The Geneva Academy is a joint centre of the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute which works in complete political and academic independence to promote the universality of international law.
The Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue expresses its deep concern that despite all achievements, the enjoyment of human rights and freedom from racial discrimination is not a reality for many nations throughout the world.
Emirates News Agency reported that H.E. Ambassador Obaid Al Zaabi called upon Ambassadors of countries in the MENA region to consider the importance of human rights training, and the role that education can play in the development of a healthy and open society.
Kuwaiti Ambassador H.E Jamal Al-Ghoneim observed that the Geneva Centre’s training programs “reflect the ambitions of students from the Gulf to highlight the universality of human rights, and to show that human rights are fully consistent with Islamic cultures and traditions”.
Al Ittihad news agency reports on the success of the Geneva Centre’s human rights training program for students from the United Arab Emirates University. They emphasise the need for constructive intercultural dialogue in order to make human rights a reality on the ground in the Middle East and North Africa Region.
Geneva Centre graduate Basma Rashid Al Hebsi told Al Roeya news that “The Geneva Centre’s training program provided an important opportunity for students to work on issues related to women’s rights and labour…and to move from theory to practice in these areas”. Our Executive Director Imad Zuhairi added that education is the best way to prevent extremism, encourage tolerance, and respect differences to promote and protect human rights.