Seminar

International Cooperation, Governance and the Rule of Law

20 and 21 October, 2021, 9h30-13h00 (Angola time)

Online event

Programme

20 October, 2021

9h30-10h00 (Angola time) | Opening Session

Francisco Manuel Monteiro de Queiroz | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Jeannette Seppen | Ambassador of the European Union in Angola
Pedro Pessoa e Costa | Ambassador of Portugal in Angola (tbc)
José Octávio Van-Dúnem | Centre for Judicial, Economic and Social Studies of the Agostinho Neto
João Pedro Campos| General Coordinator of the Project to Support the Consolidation of the Rule of Law in the PALOP countries and Timor-Leste (PACED)
Boaventura de Sousa Santos | Emeritus Director of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra

10h00-13h00 (Angola time)
Theme 1 - Building cooperation agendas: what space for national involvement

Moderator: João Paulo Dias | Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra / Permanent Observatory for Justice 
Speakers:
Boaventura de Sousa Santos | Emeritus Director of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra
Carlos Lopes | Professor da Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
Raúl Araújo | Emeritus Professor of the Faculty of Law of Agostinho Neto University

21 October, 2021

10h00-13h00 (Angola time)
Theme 2 – International Cooperation and the reforms of law and justice: challenges to the construction of a new cooperation agendas and culture

Moderator: Conceição Gomes | Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra / Permanent Observatory for Justice

Speakers:
Francisco Manuel Monteiro de Queiroz | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Anabela Mendes Vidinhas | Juíza Conselheira do Tribunal Supremo
Eduarda Rodrigues | Procuradora-Geral Adjunta da República e Directora do Serviço Nacional de Recuperação de Ativos 
José Octávio Van-Dúnem | Director of the Centre for Judicial, Economic and Social Studies of the Agostinho Neto
Jeannette Seppen | Ambassador of the European Union in Angola
Ismael Mateus | Angolan Journalist
José Arantes | Director of RTP-África

13h00 (Angola time) | Closing