Fifth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent: Venues

Welcome to the draft programme of work for the fifth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

This page provides detailed information about the main sessions and side events, including times, locations, and speakers

For any questions or further information, please feel free to contact the Permanent Forum Secretariat at [email protected]

Assembly Hall, building A, Palais des Nations

International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)

2:00pm • Side event - Afro-Brazilian civil society assesses the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action — examining structural racism, racial justice, and the rights of people of African descent in Braziltion and Platform of Action

Online

12:00am • Side event - Durban +25: Servicios públicos, mujeres afrodescendientes y justicia reparadora para un mundo sin racismo

Room III - Building A, Palais des Nations

Room XI, building A, Palais des Nations

2:00pm • Side event - Foro @5: De cara al 2do Decenio de los Afrodescendientes

Assembly Hall, building A, Palais des Nations

Auditorium de la Pastorale

1:30pm • Side event - U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policy Impacts on People of African Descent

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Geneva (ELCG)

6:30pm • Side event - Prophetic resistances: the advocacy of black christianities in the expansion of racial justice in african and afro-diasporic nations

Geneva Centre for Security Policy, 5th Floor Conference Room

6:30pm • Side event - REPARATIONS IN A WORLD IN CRISIS: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE VOICES OF BLACK WOMEN

Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID)

7:00pm • Side event - Reparations as Personhood; From the DDPA to Baltimore City

International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)

2:00pm • Side event - 25 Years of Durban: Global Afro-descendant Solidarity, Reparations and Affirmative Action — Pathways to Inclusion in Public Service

Kyoto Building, WCC Ecumenical Center (Jura)

12:30pm • Side event - "The Pan African Journey: Lessons of Transformation and Strategy"

Le Centre International de Conférences (CIGC) - Room 9

1:00pm • Side event - Reparations From Below: A Reparations Simulation Workshop

Maison Internationale des Associations

5:00pm • Side event - Switzerland questioning neutrality through urban colonial past

Online

6:00pm • Side event - From Task Force to Implementation: Lessons from California’s Reparations Process

Room III - Building A, Palais des Nations

Room XI, building A, Palais des Nations

The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

6:30pm • Side event - Colonial Impunity on Trial: The Patrice Lumumba Case and the Quest for Justice for African Independence Leaders

Université Ouvrière de Genève

4:30pm • Side event - Reparatory justice within the context of decolonisation: Harvesting the low-hangingfruits

Assembly Hall, building A, Palais des Nations

Geneva International Conference Center

6:30pm • Side event - Centering Healing Across Global Africa

International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)

2:00pm • Side event - Advancing Reparatory Justice: From the Ghana Resolution to Global Action

Maison Internationale des Associations

6:00pm • Side event - RootsSynergy UbuntuConnected Roundtable: “From Declarations On Reparatory Justice to Actions & Accountability: The role of the Pan African Diaspora in Europe involvement.”

Online

Room III - Building A, Palais des Nations

Room XI, building A, Palais des Nations

Universidad de Ginebra

6:30pm • Side event - Durban 25 años después: desafíos para la reparación y propuestas de acción / Durban 25 years later: challenges for reparations and proposals for action

Université de Genève, UNI MAIL

7:00pm • Side event - Justice réparatrice, restitution et jeunesse haïtienne : repenser les héritages historiques et les transformations contemporaines

10:00am • Closed internal meeting

Assembly Hall, building A, Palais des Nations

3:00pm • Item 6: Adoption of the preliminary conclusions and recommendations of the 5th session

Online

1:00pm • Side event - From Recognition to Transmission: Youth of African Descent as Changeseeds of the Future

Room III - Building A, Palais des Nations

Room XI, building A, Palais des Nations

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Assembly Hall, building A, Palais des Nations
Auditorium de la Pastorale
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Geneva (ELCG)
Geneva Centre for Security Policy, 5th Floor Conference Room
Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID)
Geneva International Conference Center
International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
Kyoto Building, WCC Ecumenical Center (Jura)
Le Centre International de Conférences (CIGC) - Room 9
Maison Internationale des Associations
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Restaurant Le Palmarin
Room III - Building A, Palais des Nations
Room XI, building A, Palais des Nations
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Universidad de Ginebra
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Action Aid Brazil (SETA project)

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Afrodescendant Nation

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Alcee Hastings Global Leadership Fellows

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AstroNoir Ltd

Boss Women Institute Inc. (Canada)

Caribbean African Canadian (CAFCAN) Social Services

Coalition for a Just and Equitable California

Coalizão Negra por Direitos/Black Coalition For Rights

Doris Baird Dialysis Clinic

EPIsoHD Research Lab

Federation of Afro-descendant and Black Associations of Geneva

Government of Brazil

ICSWG Youth Sub-Committee

Instituto de Pesquisa e Formação Indígena

International Civil Society Working Group (ICSWG)

International Civil Society Working Group for the PFPAD

La Passerelle I.D.É. — Intégration et Développement Économique (Canada/Paris)

Organization for Economic Development & Diplomacy

Pan-Diáspora

Phenomenal Women Global

The Amendment Project

Thurgood Marshall Center for Civil Rights at Howard Law School

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World Council of Churches

• Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace

• New York City Commission on Racial Equity

• Raza e Igualdad
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