Human Rights in the Media

Schedule of Events:

8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast (general and high schools)

9:00 a.m. Short Video Clip

9:05 a.m. Welcome by Prof. Omara-Otunnu, UNESCO Chair in Comparative Human Rights

9:10 a.m. Remarks by Provost Fred Maryanski

9:20 a.m. Official Conference Opening by H.E. Ambassador Barbara Masekela, South African Ambassador to the United States, former Chief of Staff to Nelson Mandela and Executive Director of the DeBeers Corporation.

9:40 a.m. Keynote Address by Mr. Pierre Sane, Assistant-Director General for Social Sciences and Human Sciences, Ethics and Human Rights at UNESCO

10:10 a.m. Break

10:25 a.m. Panel Discussion with guest speakers

Nkosinathi Biko, son of martyred South African student leader Steve Biko, is a journalist and Executive Chairperson of the Steve Biko Foundation.

Elizabeth Blunt is a seasoned BBC reporter and one of the first women to be appointed to an overseas correspondent’s post.

Salim Lone was Director of Communications for the UN Mission in Iraq, headed by the late Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Special Representative of Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Iraq. He is now commentator and speaker on relations between Muslims and the West.

Peter Magubane, Renowned South African photojournalist, whose photos for over 40 years have depicted the reality of life under apartheid, including the Sharpeville massacre and the Soweto uprising.

Paula Newberg, Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution; Formerly Special Advisor to the UN and the UN Foundation.

Gregory Alonso Pirio is consultant to WorldSpace Corporation. He previously worked for Voice of America, managing broadcasts in English and in Portuguese to Africa.

12:15 p.m. Concluding remarks by Mandla Langa, Chairperson of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa and author.