International Organization of the Francophonie, the Economic Community of Central
African States (ECCAS) and the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in
Africa (EISA).
Ms Sabrina Grover (Canada) currently works with Nutrition International as a policy
and advocacy officer to advance nutrition and food security. NI works to transform
the lives of vulnerable people, especially women, adolescent girls and children by
improving their nutritional status. Previously Sabrina has worked in government
relations. Sabrina also serves as part of the executive team of the Young Diplomats
of Canada focused on business development and strategic partnerships for the
organization. Additionally, Sabrina is currently serving as the co-chair of the Youth
7 (Y7) summit which serves as the formal side engagement to the G7 as part of
Canada's 2018 G7 presidency.
Prof Frederick John Packer (Canada) is Director of the Human Rights Research and
Education Centre and Neuberger-Jesin Professor of International Conflict Resolution
in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa (Canada). He previously taught at
the Fletcher School (Tufts University, USA) and the University of Essex (UK), held
Fellowships at Cambridge and Harvard Universities, and has lectured at academic
and professional institutions around the world. Over his 30-year career, he was an
inter-governmental official for 20 years (UNHCR, ILO, OHCHR, UNDPA, OSCE) and
has advised numerous governments, communities and other actors in over fifty
countries. In 2012-2014, he was the Constitutions Expert on the UN’s Standby Team
of Mediation Experts. The focus of his research and practice is at the inter-section
of human rights (including minority rights) and security, notably conflict prevention
and quiet diplomacy, international mediation, transitional arrangements, and
institutional developments at domestic and multilateral levels.
Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan (Ghana) taught political science at universities in the United
States, Nigeria and Ghana before becoming an election administrator. In 1992 he
served on the committee that drafted proposals for Ghana’s current constitution.
He was chair of the Electoral Commission of Ghana from 1993 to 2015. He has served
on several election observation missions on behalf of various international
organisations.
Mr Jayanta Roy Chowdhury (India) is currently Senior Editor with The Telegraph.
He has been journalist for about three decades. Jayanta specializes in writing on
Politico-Economic and international issues, but has a wide range of interests ranging
from history to security issues to fiction. He has earlier worked for the United News
of India and The Pioneer. He has also been part of India-Bangladesh Track 2
dialogues. An Economics Graduate from Delhi University in the 1980s, Jayanta was
also Chevening Fellow in Development Economics in 2010. He has also been a guest
on television and radio shows as an expert analyst and a guest lecturer at the Indian
Institute of Mass Communications.
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