The webinar, hosted by Kabarak University Press, aims to explore the right to development and provide an appraisal of the Draft Covenant on the Right to Development. The panel of distinguished Global South scholars will engage in a comprehensive discussion on the history and evolution of the right to development as well as the draft covenant, in a bid to provide recommendations for its adoption and implementation.
The panelits were:
Prof Mihir Kanade-Assistant Professor and Department Chair, Department of International Law, UN University for Peace Chair, Drafting Committee of the proposed Covenant on the Right to Development Member, Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development
Prof Luis Eslava-Research Professor of International Law, La Trobe University, Professor of International Law, Kent Law School Member, Academic Circle on the Right to Development
Dana Faraj-PhD student, Burgundy University Policy Member, Al-Shabaka - The Palestinian Policy Network Sandra Bucha-Judicial Fellow, International Court of Justice
Featured Speaker
Dana Farraj is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at Birzeit University and a PhD candidate in International Law at the University of Burgundy, France. She is the first Palestinian to complete the Judicial Fellowship Programme at the International Court of Justice. Her research focuses on international criminal law, state responsibility for international crimes, and human rights law. Dana holds an LLM in International Humanitarian Law from Aix-Marseille University and a law degree from Birzeit University.
Online Webinar
