EG Justice Policy Forum I - Barcelona
Date: Friday July 10, 2009
Place: CIDOB Foundation
On July 10, 2009, participants filled a conference room at the CIDOB Foundation for EG Justice’s launching in Spain and for the first EG Policy Forum.
Remei Sipi, member of EG Justice’s Board of Advisors, delivered welcome remarks, which were followed by Executive Director Tutu Alicante’s succinct presentation of EG Justice’s mission, strategies, and objectives. Tutu Alicante introduced the EG Policy Forum as a roundtable for the exchange of ideas, analysis and discussion of contemporary issues affecting Equatorial Guinea.
Next, Arvind Ganesan, Director of Business and Human Rights at Human Rights Watch, gave an overview of the major findings of Human Rights Watch’s report, Well Oiled: Oil and Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea. One of the key findings, Mr. Ganesan asserted, is that the rapid growth of the oil economy in Equatorial Guinea has led to entrenched corruption and mismanagement of revenues by the Equatoguinean government.
Subsequently, Ignacio Saiz, interim Executive Director of the Center for Economic and Social Rights, discussed his organization’s fact sheet, Equatorial Guinea: Visualizing Rights, a rigorous statistical analysis of human development, census, and economic growth data that graphically depicts the social imbalances in Equatorial Guinea.
View the Human Rights Watch report
Download the Center for Economic and Social Rights fact sheet
The event ended with questions from the audience and an intense discussion moderated by Equatoguinean human rights lawyer Jose Luis Nvumba.
Announcing the Equatorial Guinea Policy Forums: July 10 (Barcelona) and July 17 (Washington, DC)
EQUATORIAL GUINEA POLICY FORUM
BARCELONA, ESPAÑA – 10 DE JULIO DEL 2009
Bien Engrasado: Petróleo y Derechos Humanos en Guinea Ecuatorial
Guinea Ecuatorial: Visualizando los Derechos
Viernes, 10 de Julio
18:00 horas
Sala Maragall de la Fundación CIDOB
C/ Elisabets, 12 – 08001 Barcelona, España
Confirme su asistencia enviando un mensaje a tutu@egjustice.org
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA POLICY FORUM
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 17, 2009
10am-11am: Well Oiled: Oil and Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea
11am-12pm: Transparency and Accountability in Equatorial Guinea:
Recommendations for the Obama Administration
Oxfam America
1100 15th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Please RSVP to Tutu Alicante at tutu@egjustice.org