On 11 June 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, held the eighth in a series of discussions, which are now open to the public. These discussions deal with the potential and actual impact on human rights and democratisation of COVID-19 in Africa.The discussion was held in Zoom.

Theme 8: The impact of UN agencies on the protection of human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Chair: Rachel Irura (HRDA 2002)
Head Witness Support and Protection, UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (UN-IRMCT), Kigali, Rwanda

Panelists:

• Dr Patrick Eba (HRDA 2004)
  Country Director, UNAIDS Central Africa Republic
  Building multi-level partnerships to ensure access to healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Meskerem Geset Techane (HRDA 2012)
  Chairperson, UN Working Group of Experts on Discrimination Against Women
  Protecting women’s rights during the COVID-19 pandemic focusing on the UN approach
• Kene Esom (HRDA 2006)
  Policy Specialist: Human Rights, Law and Gender, United Nations Development Programme
  Leveraging rights-respecting use of data during the COVID-19 pandemic

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