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Burundi Violence: civil society UN side event (live webcast)

Burundi Violence: civil society UN side event (live webcast)

Dec 16, 2015 | Advocacy, Events

The ICJ joins other non-governmental organisations in co-sponsoring “Escalation of Violence in Burundi: Human rights defenders voices from the ground”, a side event to the Human Rights Council’s special session on Burundi, 17 December 2015.

The event will take place Thursday 17 December – 9.00-10.00 am in Room XII, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Panelists:

Mr Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, Association for the Protection of Human Rights and Incarcerated Persons (APRODH)
Ms Margaret Barankitse, Maison Shalom
Mr Anschaire Nikoyagize, Ligue ITEKA
Ms Carina Tertsakian, Human Rights Watch

The event will be moderated by Nicolas Agostini of FIDH.

The event will be webcast live by the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR).

Follow on twitter using the hash-tag #BurundiHRDs

A flyer for the event is available here: Burundi-UNHRC-Advocacy-SideEvent-2015

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