{"id":8671,"date":"2016-02-10T15:52:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T20:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?page_id=8671"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:53:04","slug":"march-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/conferences\/human-rights-and-the-public-sphere-in-africa-march-4th\/march-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights and the Public Sphere in Africa: March 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Human Rights and the Public Sphere in Africa: March 5th\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8687\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Africa-Page-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"Banner\" width=\"893\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Africa-Page-Banner.jpg 893w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Africa-Page-Banner-160x54.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Africa-Page-Banner-240x81.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Africa-Page-Banner-768x258.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Africa-Page-Banner-400x134.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Africa-Page-Banner-360x121.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/figure><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"saturday-march-5th-program\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Saturday, March 5th Program:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conference on Saturday, March 5th will feature an exhibit, \u201cChildren\u2019s Rights in Africa\u201d curated by Professor Monica Patterson in collaboration with students from her Advanced Topics seminar, \u201cHistory of the African Child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8:45 \u2013 9:00am:<\/strong>&nbsp;Brief Opening and Introductions:&nbsp;Addresses by Directors, Carleton IAS &amp; HRREC Ottawa U.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9:00 \u2013 10:15am:<\/strong> Panel 1: Human Rights in Africa and African Human Rights: Retrospective and Perspective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moderator<\/strong>:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Audra Diptee (Associate Professor of History, Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speakers<\/strong>:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meredith Terretta (Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2015-16, and Associate Professor of History, University of Ottawa)&nbsp;<em>\u201cHuman Rights and Long Distance Activism in 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Africa: Historical Necessities and Contingencies\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bonny Ibhawoh (Professor of History; Acting Associate Vice-President (Research), McMaster University),&nbsp;<em>\u201cAfrica and the \u201cInvention\u201d of Human Rights\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10:15-10:45am<\/strong> &#8211; Coffee Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10:45-12:00pm<\/strong> &#8211;&nbsp;Panel 2: Development and Human Rights in Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moderator:&nbsp;<\/strong>Aboubakar Sanogo (Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lazare Ki-Zerbo (Vice Chairman, International Joseph Ki-Zerbo Committee for Africa and the Diaspora),&nbsp;<em>\u201cId\u00e9al panafricain et droit humains\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Felix Horne (Senior Researcher for East Africa, Human Rights Watch)&nbsp;<em>\u201cHuman Rights Impacts in Development: Lessons from Ethiopia\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12:00-1:30pm<\/strong> &#8211; Lunch Break\/Remarks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pacifique Manirakiza (Associate Professor of Law, University of Ottawa; Member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights),&nbsp;<em>\u201cHuman Rights in Africa: Role, Contribution and Challenges of the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1:30-2:15pm<\/strong> &#8211; Panel 3:&nbsp;Alternative Approaches to&nbsp;Human Rights and Criminal Law&nbsp;in Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moderator:&nbsp;<\/strong>Olabisi Akinkugbe (Assistant Professor of Law, University of New Brunswick)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jay Ramasubramanyam (PhD Candidate in Political Economy, Carleton University),&nbsp;<em>&#8220;The Right to a Remedy for Environmental Harm under the African Charter: A short analysis on state and individual responsibility&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aboubacar Dakuyo (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Ottawa),&nbsp;<em>\u201cLa justice transitionnelle cons\u00e9cutive \u00e0 l\u2019insurrection populaire au Burkina Faso: entre volont\u00e9 manifeste de rupture avec le pass\u00e9 et forces retrogrades\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2:15-3:30pm<\/strong> &#8211; Panel 4: Human Rights and African Regional Integration Projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moderator:&nbsp;<\/strong>Nduka Otiono (Assistant Professor of African Studies, Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Olabisi Akinkugbe (Assistant Professor of Law, University of New Brunswick),&nbsp;<em>\u201cThe Fragmentation and Incoherence of&nbsp;Human Rights&nbsp;in Regional Economic Integration Projects in West Africa\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tag Elkhazin (Adjunct Professor of African Studies, Carleton University),&nbsp;<em>\u201cRights and Obligations of Communities along Waterways and Infrastructural Projects: Cases along the Lower Nile Basin\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3:30-4pm<\/strong> &#8211; Coffee Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4:00-5:15pm<\/strong> &#8211; Panel 5: Health &amp; Human Rights in Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moderator:&nbsp;<\/strong>Amatoritsero Ede (Independent Scholar and Managing Editor, Maple Tree Literary Supplement)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speakers:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monica Eileen Patterson (Assistant Professor, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University), <em>\u201cChildren, History, and Healing in a Hospital Museum in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul Mkandawire (Assistant Professor, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University),&nbsp;<em>\u201cSocial Dimensions of Mass Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Southern Africa\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5:15-5:30pm<\/strong> &#8211; Closing Remarks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/conferences\/human-rights-and-the-public-sphere-in-africa-march-4th\/conference-bios\/\">View biographies of participants.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, March 5th Program: The conference on Saturday, March 5th will feature an exhibit, \u201cChildren\u2019s Rights in Africa\u201d curated by Professor Monica Patterson in collaboration with students from her Advanced Topics seminar, \u201cHistory of the African Child.\u201d 8:45 \u2013 9:00am:&nbsp;Brief Opening and Introductions:&nbsp;Addresses by Directors, Carleton IAS &amp; 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