21 September 2022
ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION
Event Flyer and Concept Note
Watch full recording here: https://youtu.be/rWTzPDoY1BE
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Background
MODERATION:
- Dr. Umesh Palwankar, Executive Director at the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue
PANELISTS
Dr. Verene A. Shepherd is a Social Historian, and the current Director of the Centre for Reparation Research at the University of the West Indies. Verene is Chair of the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), a post to which she was elected in 2022. She is an honorary fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge. Her area of academic specialisation is in African & African-American History, Gender & Migration Studies within the specific fields of slavery and alternatives to the sugar economy in 18th and 19th century Jamaica; Migration and the Asian diaspora in the Caribbean; and Gender discourses in Caribbean history.
Dr. Doros Polycarpou, co-founder and Executive Director, KISA – Action for Equality, Support and Antiracism, Cyprus, has a background in Social Science, and he has studied and worked for years in several European countries, especially in the UK and Germany. Due to his long-standing involvement and leading role in civil society organisations, he has comprehensive knowledge of the areas of Migration and Asylum, the fight against racism and discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes as well as trafficking in human beings. His areas of expertise include national and European policies in these areas and the impact of the people whose daily lives are affected by them.
Ms. Rethabile Ratsomo, Anti-Racism Manager, Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Anti-Racism Network South Africa (ARNSA). Rethabile is a BA LLB graduate from Rhodes University with a passion for the advancement of all human rights in South Africa. She is currently the Anti-Racism Manager at the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation situated in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is also the Convenor of the Anti-Racism Network South Africa which has a membership of over 80 South African based organizations.