1st Meeting - Social Forum 2025

The contribution of education to the respect, promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights for all.

PROGRAMME OF WORK

Thursday, 30 October 2025

10h00-10h30 Opening Remarks

• H.E. Ms. Anita Pipan, Co-Chair Rapporteur of the Social Forum

• H.E. Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio, Vice President of the Human Rights Council

• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (video message)

10h30 - 11h30 Keynote Panel

• Ms. Farida Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, The contribution of

education including human rights education to realizing human rights, through the lens of the right to education as an enabling right

• Ms. Ana Luiza Massot Thompson-Flores, Director, UNESCO Geneva Liaison Office,

Realizing human rights through education: Perspectives from the Evolving Right to Education Initiative

• Mr. Bonny Ibhawoh, Chair, United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development,

Senator William McMaster Chair in Global Human Rights, McMaster University, Canada, and Founding Director, Centre for Human Rights and Restorative Justice, the contribution of education in realizing the right to development, economic and social justice, equality and non-discrimination

• Ms. Whitney Mélinard, President, Kopounoule Inc., The Triple Planetary Crisis and the

contribution of education in realizing the right to a healthy environment, climate and

environmental justice

11h30-13h00 General Discussion