The Right to Science: a Focus on Africa (4/4)

Advancing Knowledge-led Development through the Right to Science in Africa Symposium, 11th November 2019, Addis Ababa University.
Promoted by: Associazione Luca Coscioni, Science for Democracy, Addis Ababa University and Turin University.

The symposium represented a first thematic meeting in preparation of the 6th World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research, scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa on the 25th and 26th of February 2020.
The Congress is co-sponsored by the Commission of the African Union in the person of Sarah Mbi Enow Anyang Agbor, Commissioner for Science and Technology.

Panel: MONITORING, ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICIABILITY: SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

ADVANCING THE RIGHT TO SCIENCE THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS
Giulia PERRONE, PhD Fellow, University of Turin, Law Department; Research and advocacy officer, Associazione Luca Coscioni/Science for Democracy

STANDING FOR THE RIGHT TO SCIENCE BEFORE AFRICAN COURTS
Abdi JIBRIL ALI, Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University, School of Law

Panel: PALLIATIVE CARE IN ETHIOPIA

PALLIATIVE CARE FOR NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND INJURIES
Michael ABIYU, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, Mathiwos Wondu -YeEthiopia Cancer Society; Zelalem MENGISTU, Programme Manager, Mathiwos Wondu -YeEthiopia Cancer Society

THE EXPERIENCE OF “HOSPICE ETHIOPIA”
Ephrem ABATHUN, Executive director, Hospice Ethiopia