SOLD OUT- Waitlist Only | Democracy Beyond the Ballot: The Authoritarian Threat in 2024
March 27th, 2024 5:30PM -7:00PM
We are sold out for this program. Please contact Magda Davis mdavis@world-affairs.org if you would like to get on a waiting list.
2024 is the ultimate election year - approximately a quarter of the world's population in more than 60 countries worldwide are expected to head to the polls. But elections alone don’t secure democracy. Disinformation, recent shifts in geopolitics, technology, and the rise of authoritarian populism threaten to undermine democracies across the globe.
Join us for this timely and crucial in-person discussion about the state of global democracy and the threat of authoritarianism with Tirana Hassan, Executive Director of Humans Rights Watch.
Make sure to arrive at 5:30 pm to catch up with the World Affairs Council’s members and friends and join us for a glass of wine.
The capacity is limited make sure to register today!
About the Speaker
Tirana Hassan is Executive Director at Human Rights Watch, one of the world's leading international human rights organizations, which operates in more than 90 countries and has over 500 staff members.
Tirana is a qualified social worker and lawyer who has spent the past two decades working with individuals and communities pursuing their rights and fighting for justice.
She was a founding member of a refugee legal service during Australia’s refugee crisis in 2000 before working across the globe in international humanitarian operations specializing in child protection and civilian protection in complex emergencies. Tirana has worked for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children, amongst others, across East and West Africa and South and South-East Asia.
Tirana specializes in human rights protection in conflicts and crises. Between 2010-2015, she worked as a senior researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Emergencies Division, where she carried out dozens of investigations in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. She later served as director of Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Program, where she led teams of investigators and an inter-disciplinary team that advanced innovative research methodologies for human rights investigations and evidence collection. She also served on the organization’s interim executive team. She has authored reports and op-eds for major publications worldwide.
Tirana graduated with honors degrees in both social work and law in Australia and holds a master’s in international human rights law from Oxford University.
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Panorama Global
