Sheila Keetharuth
Sheila B. Keetharuth is a Mauritius broadcaster and human rights activist who served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea.[1] She is the Vice-President AAIL (East Africa), She was awarded Madrid Bar Association Medal of Honor for her human rights work in African.[2]
Education
Keetharuth graduated from University of Buckingham, UK with a law degree and a master’s degree in International Human Rights Law and Civil Liberties from University of Leicester, UK and was called to the Mauritius Bar in January 1997.[3] She studied International Relations and Law at the University of Oxford between 1989 and 1990.
Career
Keetharuth had a career in broadcasting and worked with the Programme Exchange Centre of the Union of Radio and Television Organisations of Africa (URTNA-PEC), Nairobi, Kenya, and with the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC).[4][5] She was Vice-President AAIL (East Africa) and was the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), a Pan-African Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Banjul, The Gambia. In 2002, she joined Amnesty International as a Researcher in its Africa Regional Office in Kampala, Uganda and served as the Interim Head of Office until December 2005.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Sheila B. Keetharuth". AAIL. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "UN expert urges General Assembly not to turn their backs on Eritrean refugees". Martin Plaut. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "OHCHR | Statement by Ms. Sheila B. Keetharuth, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Eritrea: UN expert describes pervasive rights abuses after meeting refugees". Martin Plaut. 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ Manager, Site. "Statement by Sheila B. Keetharuth, Member of the Former COI & Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Eritrea – HRC – Eritrea". Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ CrossMigration. "Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth". CrossMigration. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Seminar by Sheila Keetharuth: Human rights situation in Eritrea". African Studies Centre Leiden. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2021-09-25.