A UB seminar analyses the democratic transitions in Libya, Tunisia and Algeria
On Thursday 6 October, the University of Barcelona will host the seminar "Threats and opportunities in the democratic transition in Tunisia, Algeria and Libya, the challenge of defending human rights", co-organised by the UB Solidarity Foundation and the International Institute for Nonviolent Action (NOVACT). The event will begin at 9:30 am in the Boardroom (Sala de Juntes) of the Faculty of Geography and History.
The seminar will feature the participation of the members of the Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights, the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights and an international lawyer and expert and human rights from Libya. Among other topics, the seminar will analyse the situation of human rights and the risks faced by the human rights defenders in these three Arab countries.
On Thursday 6 October, the University of Barcelona will host the seminar "Threats and opportunities in the democratic transition in Tunisia, Algeria and Libya, the challenge of defending human rights", co-organised by the UB Solidarity Foundation and the International Institute for Nonviolent Action (NOVACT). The event will begin at 9:30 am in the Boardroom (Sala de Juntes) of the Faculty of Geography and History.
The seminar will feature the participation of the members of the Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights, the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights and an international lawyer and expert and human rights from Libya. Among other topics, the seminar will analyse the situation of human rights and the risks faced by the human rights defenders in these three Arab countries.
The Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights was established in 1976 and it is the oldest organization of this type in Africa and the Arab world. In 2015 it received the Nobel Peace Prize, as a member of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, "its decisive contribution to building a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia after the Jasmine Revolution of 2011".
The speakers at the seminar will be Jamel M'Salem, president of the Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights since September 2016; Saïd Salhi, vice-president of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights; and Céline Bardet, international lawyer and expert on human rights in Libya.
This activity is part of the Wahda project, of which the UB Solidarity Foundation is a member, which aims to strengthen the role of Tunisian civil society (especially women and young people) in the defence of civic space. The seminar will take place as part of the visit of a Tunisian delegation from the University of Carthage and the Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights to the University of Barcelona.