The inaugural DG Trends Debates took as its motion; Social Media Erodes Democracy and was held in Addis Ababa at the African Union Headquarters. With a  team of academics, lawyers, media practitioners and social media enthusiasts, the two teams argued on both ends of the spectrum and in between.

The DG Trends Debates are envisioned to be a quarterly convening to debate, discuss and deliberate on timely topics pertinent to the work of DPA and AGA.  The debates will provide an open forum for a frank, rigorous and intellectual exchange of viewpoints. 

The DG Trends Debates are meant to provide a forum by which views, opinions and expertise can be exchanged freely to facilitate an intellectual exchange and elaboration of topics that require some critical thinking and deeper analysis.

Inaugural #DGTrends Debates - Social Media Erodes Democracy

AGA, Protracted Armed Conflict and Humanitarian Action
The African Governance Architecture (AGA) has a unique normative framework which bases itself on the standards principles and values enshrined in the instruments of the African Union (AU). This inclusive and cross cutting architecture addresses peace and security, humanitarian action, development, human rights, good governance and gender quality, among others. The ICRC, as an institution which provides humanitarian action, has experience based insight on the nexus between protracted conflicts on humanitarian action in Africa. This Palm Tree Circle discussion will examine the aspects of AGA which address both humanitarian action and conflict and use case studies of ICRC experience to discuss the overlap. 

Our guest facilitator will be Diane Misenga Kabeya who is the Deputy Head of Delegation of the ICRC to the African Union in Addis Ababa. She joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2008 and has since worked as a field delegate in West Africa and South America. She has over a decade of experience in human rights and humanitarian work. She started at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as Associate Human Rights Officer based in Geneva. Diane specializes in humanitarian law, human rights and peace and security in Africa. She holds a master degree in International and Human Rights law from the University of Montpellier, France.

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