CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN AFRICA

THE CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES AND THE WSD HANDA CENTER
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE PRESENT
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
PROTECTION IN AFRICA
2015 SPRING SERIES | APRIL 3 -- 23
Documentary Film Screening of “God Loves Uganda”
Facilitated by Nicholas Opiyo
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
ROOM 002, LANE HISTORY CORNER, MAIN QUAD
Africa Table: Reversing Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality
Act: Lessons from Legal Activism in Defending
Sexual Minorities in Africa
Nicholas Opiyo
Nicholas Opiyo
Visiting Constitutaional
and Human Rights Lawyer,
Founding Executive Director of
Chapter Four Uganda, Former
Secretary of the Ugandan Bar
Association
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
ROOM 202, ENCINA HALL WEST
Reimagining Civil Society in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Opportunities for Action
Nicholas Opiyo, John Githongo, and Larry Diamond
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
REUBEN W. HILLS CONFERENCE ROOM, ENCINA HALL EAST
Sierra Leone: From War to Recovery
Thierry Cruvellier
TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
REUBEN W. HILLS CONFERENCE ROOM, ENCINA HALL EAST
John Githongo
2015 Mimi and Peter E.
Haas Distinguished Visitor at
Stanford University, CEO of
Inuka NiSisi Kenya, Journalist
and Former Correspondent for
The Economist
Special Africa Table with John Githongo
John Githongo
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
ROOM 202, ENCINA HALL WEST
Ni Sisi (It’s Us): Career Opportunities in Social
Transformation and Public Service
Nicholas Opiyo and John Githongo
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
DONALD KENNEDY (DK) ROOM, HAAS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
Thierry Cruvellier
Investigative Journalist
Reporting on Contemporary
War Crimes Tribunals, Author
of Court of Remorse and The
Master of Confessions
Stanford
in Government
Sponsored by the Stanford Initiative For Religious and Ethnic Understanding and Coexistence, supported by the President’s Fund,
the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), Religious Studies, and the Taube Center for Jewish Studies.