Regional Approaches to Implementing the Right to Academic Freedom (event in English)
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Geneva time)
Side event on the margins of the 59th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, organized by Scholars at Risk with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education. The event is co-sponsored by Colombia, Portugal and the European Union.
Presenters:
Farida Shaheed (United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education)
Camilla Croso (Director of the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas)
Bencharat Sae Chua (Director of the Southeast Asia Coalition for Academic Freedom)
Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua (Director of the Africa Coalition for Academic Freedom).
Moderator:
Jesse Levine (Senior Advocacy Officer, Scholars at Risk).
Links to participate online or in person in the attached flyer.