WUNRN
UN Human
Rights Council Session 25 - Panel
WITCHCRAFT
ACCUSATIONS - VIOLENCE & TORTURE -
WOMEN & CHILDREN
March 10, 2014
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Palais des Nations - Room XXVII
Geneva, Switzerland
Distinguished Speakers:
· Ms. Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence Against Children – Statement Confirmed
· Mr. Gary Foxcroft, Executive Director, WHRIN - Witchcraft & Human Rights Information Network
· Ms. Bridget Sleap, Help-Age International Senior Rights Policy Adviser - Witchcraft Issues & Older Women, Widows
·
Prof.
Jean La Fontaine, Anthropologist & Expert on Witchcraft Accusations,
London School of Economics
· Ms. Zenabu Sakibu, Coordinator SOSYWEN of Ghana -"What I Used to Know: the Road to Ghana's Witches Camps" Film of SOSYWEN made with Zoe Young
· Ms. Louise Meincke, Witchcraft & Human Rights Advisor - UN Response to Witchcraft Accusations, Mechanisms & Follow Up
· Ms. Stephanie Ortoleva, President of Women Enabled - Targeting as Witches, Women & Children with Disabilities - Statement
· Ms. Lois A. Herman, Coordinator WUNRN, Women's UN Report Network – Power Point on Global Witchcraft Allegations
Moderator: Dr. Adebisi Adebayo, IAC - Inter-African Committee on
Traditional Practices