Leprosy Mailing List – May 14, 2015
Ref.: (LML) Symposium on Leprosy and Human Rights
From: Katsuhiro Motoyama, the Nippon Foundation, Japan
Dear Friends,
Greetings from the Nippon Foundation!
Though medical advances have made leprosy no longer a public health threat in many parts of the world, political, legal, economic or social discrimination associated with this ancient disease continue to exist today. The issue of leprosy is not only a matter of medicine, but also one of discrimination which can give rise to a clear violation of human rights,
On Thursday, June 18, 2015, the Nippon Foundation, along with the Graduate Institute in Geneva, will hold an international symposium on leprosy and human rights at the Graduate Institute the Ivan Pictet Auditorium, starting at 9am. Please find attached the tentative programme of the symposium.
This is the last and the final symposium of the Five-Region Symposium Series that the Nippon Foundation has organized since 2012. The Five Region Symposium Series aim to enhance dissemination and implementation of the Principles and Guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members. This was noted with appreciation in the resolutions Japan submitted and which was adopted unanimously at the United Nations Human Rights Council and the General Assembly in 2010,
The Nippon Foundation has tackled the issue of leprosy over four decades and has successfully organized the Five-Region Symposium Series as follows:
(1) For the Americas, on 31 January and 1 February 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
(2) For Asia, on 3-4 October 2012 in New Delhi, India,
(3) For Africa, on 17-18 September 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
(4) For the Middle East, on 27-28 October 2014 in Rabat, Morocco.
We have learned from the government of Japan that they plan to submit a resolution at the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council (to be held in Geneva from 15 June to 3 July, 2015). We understand that the new resolution targets to achieve effective implementation of the Principles and Guidelines, and we have therefore decided to organize our final symposium also in Geneva, during the 29th session of the Human Rights Council.
Your participation to our fifth and the last symposium would be most welcome.
If you will be able to attend the symposium, please let us know your information<name, title, organization and email address> by sending your email to Sagal@raittorr.co.uk by 31 May.
We look forward to seeing you.
Sincerely,
Katsuhiro Motoyama
Manager, International Network Team
The Nippon Foundation
Tel: +81-3-6229-5181
Fax: +81-3-6229-5180
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