Welcoming Remarks, Philippe Jahshan, Director of Strategy, Foreseight and Institutional Relations, AFD

Opening Address : Delphine Borione, Ambassador for Human Rights, France

Moderator: Yacouba Kébé, journalist, Arc-en-ciel

• Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, video message 
• Chiara Adamo, Directorate “Human Development, Migration, Governance, Peace and Security”, European Commission
• Florence Laufer, Vice-President of the Human Rights Platform and Director of Prison Insider
• Ahmed Galai, Peace Nobel Prize, Solidarité Laïque Tunisia

Moderator: Yacouba Kébé, journalist, Arc-en-ciel

• Human Rights: what is at stake for Emerging and Developing Countries?
  • Achille Mbembe, Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, Member of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research,
• Human Rights: what are the Challenges for Development Actors?
  • Alexandra Meierhans, Programme Manager of the Global Programme on Rule of Law and Human Rights, UNDP 
• Human Rights, Inequalities and Social Justice: what Convergence for Sustainable Development?
  • Olivier de Schutter, University of Louvain, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

Moderator: Yacouba Kébé, journalist, Arc-en-ciel

• Key note: Civil Society, Human Rights and Development: Role, Assessment, Challenges, Threats and Solutions
  • Alice Mogwe, President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
• National Human Rights Institutions and States Accountability
  • Amina Bouayach, President of the National Human Rights Council of Morocco
• Civil registration, Rights if the Child: the Ghost Children Case
  • André Franck Ahoyo, Delegate General of « Urgence Identité Afrique »
• Open Government: civil society participation to the drafting and monitoring of public policies
  • Cheick Mbaye Fall, Organisation Advisor, General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Senegalese Republic 
• Media, Protection of Journalists, Information Processing
  • Rituparna Chatterjee, journalist Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Moderator: Elin Wrzoncki, Department Director Human Rights and Business, Danish Institute for Human Rights

• Key note: Due Diligence : State of Play of Current Issues and Perspectives
  • Axel Marx, Deputy Director at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KULeuven
• Human rights and Development Financial Institutions: A Testimony of the Experience of an European Development Financial Institution 
  • Kristin Sjöblom, Senior Manager ESG Affairs, SwedFund
• The role of Parliaments: what North/South collaboration to guarantee and implement the duty of vigilance?
  • Dominique Potier, Member of the Parliament, France
• Preventing discriminations based on sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Clifton Cortez, Global Adviser on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, World Bank
• The role of civil society
  • Anaïs Schill, in charge of Business and Human Rights Advisor at the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH), member of AFCNDH - member organization of the Human Rights Platform

Moderator: Yacouba Kébé, journalist, Arc-en-ciel

• Key note: Respect, Promotion and Defense of Human Rights in the face of Ecological Challenges (Climate, Environment, Biodiversity)
  • Valérie Cabanes, International Lawyer, Essayist
• Safeguarding the Human rights of persons belonging to Indigenous Communities
  • Francisco Von Hildebrand, CEO, Gaia Amazonas
• Human mobility in the context of climate change
  • Felix Ries, Advisor, Global Program Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change, GIZ and a local partner in Fiji
• What social and financial protection to ensure the human rights of victims of environmental and climate disasters?
  • Laurène Séca, AFD

Moderator: Yacouba Kébé, journalist, Arc-en-ciel

• Iara Pietricovsky de Oliveira, President of FORUS
• Rémy Rioux, CEO of AFD