The First China-Africa Human Rights Seminar was held on Aug. 22 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, under the theme "Building the China-Africa Community with a Shared Future and Working Together to Realize the Right to Development."
The event brought together more than 200 policymakers, scholars, diplomats, and media representatives from China and Africa to explore ways to advance human rights, particularly the right to development.
Photo shows Beatrice Marshall, news host from CMG Africa, presides over the keynote speeches. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Gabriel James Mouangue Bonam Kobila, chairperson of the Human Rights Commission, Cameroon, and vice chairperson of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions delivers a keynote speech titled “Endogenous Approaches and Strategic Partnerships for Sustainable Poverty Reduction: The Cameroonian Experience Through the Lens of China-Africa Cooperation and Obligations Relating to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Mohamed Osman Omar, state minister of Family and Human Rights Development, Somalia, delivers a keynote speech titled “China-Africa Poverty Reduction Cooperation and Human Rights Protection: A Perspective from Somalia”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Qi Yanping, director of the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, director of Science and Technology and Human Rights Research Center, and chair professor at Beijing Institute of Technology delivers a keynote speech titled “The Empowering Role of China-Africa Digital Technology Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative for the Right to Development”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Lydie Solange Yahoumbi, deputy-ministerial commissioner of Ministry of Humanitarian Action, National Unity and Reconciliation, Central African Republic, delivers a keynote speech titled “Opportunities and Challenges for the Protection of Human Rights in the Digital Age in the Central African Republic”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Renaud Bernardin, chairman of Seychelles Human Rights Commission, delivers a keynote speech titled “Opportunities and Challenges for Human Rights Protection in the Digital Era”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Wang Wen, dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies and the School of Global Leadership at Renmin University of China, delivers a keynote speech titled “Building a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future: Pathways to 2050”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Youssouf Ismael Mmadi, human rights delegate of Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs, Public Administration, Human Rights and Public Management, Union of the Comoros, delivers a keynote speech titled “Safeguarding Fundamental Human Rights: The Bedrock of Sustainable Development”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Fredrick Mutesa, secretary general of Zambia-China Friendship Association, Zambia, delivers a keynote speech titled “Defending the Benefits of China-Africa Cooperation in Delivering the Right to Development through A Broad-Based Communication Strategy in A Hostile Global Environment”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Luo Liangcai, associate research fellow of the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies (IWAAS) of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China-Africa Institute), and secretary-general of the South Africa Center, delivers a keynote speech titled “Reconstructing the Paradigm of South-South Cooperation from the Perspective of the Right to Development: Mutual Learning and Win-Win Progress in China-Africa Human Rights Development Pathways”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Edvalda Jandira Morgado dos Santos, director-general of the Human Rights Department of Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Republic of Angola, delivers a keynote speech titled “Angola's Commitment and Dedication: Engagement to Achieving SDG 5”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Zhao Yating, associate research fellow of the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies (IWAAS) of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China-Africa Institute), and secretary-general of the South Africa Center, delivers a keynote speech titled “Reconstructing the Paradigm of South-South Cooperation from the Perspective of the Right to Development: Mutual Learning and Win-Win Progress in China-Africa Human Rights Development Pathways”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Justus Thuthi Wanjiru, director of the Corporate Center at the Africa Policy Institute, Kenya, delivers a keynote speech titled “Advancing the Right to Development through the Africa-China Dar es Salaam Consensus and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
Photo shows Liu Xianghui, deputy general manager of the Overseas Company, China State Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd. - Civil Engineering Company, delivers a keynote speech titled “Practical Work Blossoms Happiness, United Efforts Build Dreams of Development”. (Photo provided by the organizers)
