(Part 1: Haiti and The Dominican Republic)
THE African Studies Research Group, the Department of Law and the Student Society of the University of Guyana will be collaborating to offer a public forum on the issues surrounding the recent court ruling in The Dominican Republic.

The ruling, for which no appeal is possible under Dominican law, denies citizenship to thousands of persons born in The Dominican Republic, affecting an estimated 210,000 children, women and men of Haitian descent.

Speakers will address historical precedents; the relationship between law, justice and human rights; and the role of the CARICOM Secretariat. Panelists include Mr. Sheldon McDonald, Head of The Department of Law, UG; Dr. David Hinds, Political and Cultural activist and Associate Professor of Caribbean and African Diaspora Studies at Arizona State University; and Stedman (Inuni) Aaron, Founder of African Echoes, Newark, NJ.

The forum will be held on Thursday, November 14 at 16:30 hrs in the Education Lecture Theatre, Turkeyen Campus.

All are invited to share in this conversation.
PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION
University of Guyana