41. Including youth: the last hope for peace and security in the Maghreb region? Passed
Thursday November 17, 2022 16:00 - 17:00 Teatercaféet
Moderator: Anna Roxvall
Panelists: Feriel Bensadek, Mohamed Mayara, Sahar Elarbi
Internal political disturbances and interstate tension have led to increasingly challenging conditions for human rights defenders in the Maghreb region. In many countries, democracy and human rights are in decline, and the security situation for both individual activists and civil society organisations (CSO) are becoming more and more unstable. This regressive trend in recent years is particularly affecting women and youth.
In this seminar we discuss how to create safety and security for civic space actors. We ask how we can obtain sustainable security through the promotion of the social and economic rights of individuals, and how supporting youth is fundamental to this struggle. We do so through mapping out recent development and potential stakes in the region with help of security experts and representatives from CSO:s active in the region. The event analyses how to avoid escalation of conflict and what are regional risk factors and challenges. We then ask human rights defenders to identify the biggest obstacles, and necessary tools and strategies to overcome these. Especially focusing on youth, what type of support do they as CSO:s need from the international community?
Organizer
Emmaus Stockholm
Form
Programpunkt (60 minuter)
Target group
Civilsamhälle
Language
Engelska
Ämnestagg
Fred och konflikt
Lecturers
Anna Roxvall Moderator
Anna Roxvall är prisbelönt journalist som har jobbat med utrikesbevakning i över 14 år, med ett särskilt fokus på Afrika. Hon har skrivit tre reportageböcker, däribland Att svika ett folk (2018), som handlar om konflikten i Västsahara. Hennes senaste bok Till varje pris, som är skriven tillsammans med fotografen Johan Persson, nominerades till Guldspaden 2021.
Mohamed Mayara Panelist
Equipe Media
Mohamed Mayara is a media activist, co-founder and coordinator of the collective of independent journalists Equipe Media, that aims to document Morocco’s repression against those who work for a free Western Sahara. Mohamed has been threatened many times for his work by Moroccan authorities and also been persecuted, arrested, tortured and received death threats. In 2018, Equipe Media had five members imprisoned for their journalism. One of the members has received a life term sentence; the others are serving sentences between 6 and 30 years.
Sahar Elarbi Panelist
INTERSECTION
Tunisian Lawyer, Human Rights Activist, and Legal Consultant of the INTERSECTION Association for Rights and Freedoms.