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News Archive
Statelessness and Human Rights: Continuing Challenges in 2020
Dec
03
2020
Posted: 09:35 GMT
We are pleased to invite you to the lunch time seminar with Amal de Chickera of the Insititute on Statelessness and Inclusion, taking place on Thursday the 10th of December 2020 (International Human Rights Day), from 1 - 2:15pm. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Please find the details below:
Topic:
Statelessness and Human Rights: Continuing Challenges in 2020
with
Amal de Chickera - Co-Founder and co-Director of the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
Time: 1 - 2:15 PM Dublin
Date: Thursday 10th December 2020
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/96854112500?pwd=S29rLy9sSkJkeEhyN1BVbTRRNk96QT09
Meeting ID: 968 5411 2500
Passcode: 400378
Find your local number:https://zoom.us/u/achliAUauo
About the Speaker
Amal is one of the Statelessness Institute's Co-Directors. He leads the Institute's human rights engagement work. He also plays an important part in the Institute's work on childhood statelessness, gender discrimination and the Sustainable Development Agenda, and on the Institute's engagement with civil society and the arts. Amal is based out of the London office. Amal has researched, advocated, written, spoken, delivered training and served as an expert on statelessness and related issues for the UN, NGOs and academia, since 2008. He is particularly interested in the nexus between statelessness and discrimination and its implications on access to other rights. Before co-founding the Institute, Amal provided the lead on the Equal Rights Trust's statelessness work. He was also one of the co-founders of the European Network on Statelessness, and is a founding member of Stages - a Sri Lankan theatre group. A human rights lawyer and member of the Sri Lankan Bar, Amal holds an LLM (Distinction) from University College London and an LLB (Hons.) from the University of Colombo.
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