Opening statement by H.E. Amb. Bankole Adeoye, AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, delivered by Ms. Patience Chiradza, Director of Governance and Conflict Prevention Directorate, at the opening ceremony of the Seventh AUC-NANHRI Policy Dialogue on the State of National Human Rights in Africa, 7 May 2025.

  • Excellency, Ambassador Miguel Cesar Domingos Bembe, Ambassador of the Republic of Angola to the African Union, Chairperson of the AU Permanent Representatives Committee,
  • Excellencies, Ambassadors, Members of the Permanent Representative Committee (PRC),
  • Hon. Hanna Araya Selassie, the Attorney General of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,
  • Mr. Marcel Clement Akpovo, Regional Representative for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the East Africa Regional Office and to the African Union,
  • Mrs. Amina Bouayach, Chairperson of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions,
  • Mr. Berhanu Adelo Gebremariam, Chief Commissioner, Ethiopian Human Rights Commission,
  • Prof. James Mouangue Kobila, Vice Chairperson of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions,
  • Mr. Gilbert Sebihogo, Executive Director of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI),
  • Distinguished Representatives of the African National Human Rights Institutions,
  • Representatives of the African Union Organs
  • Representatives of the Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations.
  • Colleagues from the African Union Commission
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