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APN-PAD Bilateral Meeting with Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Project type
Bilateral Meeting
Date
18th January 2024
Location
Geneva- Switzerland
Role
Building international partnerships and maximising global platforms to position ANP-PAD as a strategic human rights empowerment regional organisation in the Asia Pacific region
Project type
Bilateral partnerships and international engagements
APN-PAD co-founders held a bilateral meeting with office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Geneva International Conference Centre.
In attendance were officials from various departments of OHCHR: Human Rights Council, Special Procedures Unit, Anti-discrimination Section, coordinator of the Fellowship program for People of African Descent, Treaty and rule of law section, and sixth UN Special rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
APN-PAD delegation was made up of its co-founders: Alando Chia, Christian Fonye, Elizabeth Lang, Justina Ajala, Phillip Binondo, Phoebe Mwanza, and Samantha Sibanda. The bilateral meeting focused on the role of APN-PAD as the regional voice and hub for People of African within the First and potentially Second International Decade for People of African Descent. APN-PAD and OHCHR also discussed future partnerships and collaborations on the human rights situations of People of African Descent, as well empowering APN-PAD regional advocacy, awareness raising, subregional and regional engagements on the program of activities of the First International Decade under the themes of Recognition, Justice, and Development for People of African Descent.
According to UN Senior fellow Christian Fonye, chairperson APN-PAD board of directors, the bilateral meeting was the first of its kind since the proclamation of the First International Decade for People of African Descent. It demonstrates the strategic importance of APN-PAD as an experienced grassroots organisation with experts on key issues of the human rights situation of People of African Descent in the Asia Pacific region . There is clear potential for APN-PAD to act as a regional hub for the empowerment of People of African Descent and the expansion of the space for diversity, inclusion and equality in the region.
The bilateral meeting ended with a plan to hold evaluative meetings every two years at the international level and yearly at the regional level.
