Jubilee USA Network Event: Human Rights and The International Financial Crisis

A presentation and conversation on The United Nations Guiding Principles on Foreign Debt and Human Rights

Featuring:

Dr. Cephas Lumina

UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights

 

Responses from Maria Lucia Fattorelli, Latin American Coalition on

Debt and Development, and Gina Ekholt (invited), The Norwegian

Coalition on Debt Cancellation

Introduction from Eric LeCompte, Jubilee USA Network

 

Monday, October 29th, 2012 1:30 - 3:00 PM

Church Hall, Lutheran Church of the Reformation

212 East Capitol St. NE, Washington, DC 20003

 

Join Jubilee USA Network in welcoming Dr. Cephas Lumina, UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights. Jubilee USA Network has served on Dr. Lumina’s expert working group to develop principles and solutions to the international debt crisis in the context of human rights.

Dr. Lumina will be presenting an overview of the UN Guiding Principles, followed by a discussion around implementation of the Principles and a question and answer session. Dr Lumina is an Advocate of the High Court for Zambia and an Extra-Ordinary Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Pretoria. He was appointed the United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights and his mandate has been extended through 2014.

Please RSVP to Amber Przybysz by Friday, October 26th at amber@jubileeusa.org.

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