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Rikkyo Research Center for Cooperative Civil Societies has a unique collection of records created by many anti-apartheid movements in Japan. These records evidence the Japanese citizens' activities in solidarity with the movements in Africa and other countries.

Citizens around the world worked together to abolish Apartheid, a crime against humanity, and the movements focusing on human rights changed the attitude of multinational business, culminating in the United Nations' "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights" in 2011.

To discuss the importance of citizens working on human rights issues, we invited both a former anti-apartheid activist who is presently representing South Africa as a diplomat, and a Japanese youth whose father was a renowned anti-apartheid movement leader and is now committed to the rights of the Palestinian people to speak for this lecture session.

We hope to have an active discussion with participants.

Date: 2024-11-21（Thu) 17:05～19:00
Venue: Rikkyo University Niiza Campus, Academic Hall (on the 3rd floor in the Building 7)
Address: 1-2-26 Kitano, Niiza-shi, Saitama

Organized by: Rikkyo Research Center for Cooperative Civil Societies
Supported by: The Institute of Community & Human Services, Rikkyo University
Language: Lectures will be given in English and Japanese. Consecutive interpretation will be provided.
Registration: Registration is open at: https://forms.gle/7bPJoEqMgZAw8Xus8
Registration deadline: November 18, 2024
*Early registration is recommended, as the number of participants is limited to 80.

Speakers:

Mr. Ghaleeb Jeppie (Minister Counsellor responsible for Science, Innovation and Education at the South African Embassy in Tokyo, Japan)
After completing his his studies at the University of the Western Cape and the University of London, Mr. Jeppie joined the civil service in 1994 after the first democratic elections and has served on various international committees, including the National Commission for UNESCO. As a student leader and activist, he lived in exile in Zimbabwe during the late 1980s due to the political uprisings in South Africa.

Mr. Yoshiki Ueda (ZOHO Japan Corporation／Member of the African Youth Meetup(AYM)★ )
Mr Ueda was born in Capetown to a South African father who was the leader of the anti-apartheid movement, and a Japanese mother in 1997. He moved to Japan at the age of 5 and grew up in Chiba up to high school. He majored in political philosophy at International Christian University and chose the issue of the U.S. military base in Okinawa for his graduation thesis. Presently working for an IT company, he is active in the solidarity movement for Palestine.