The International Scientific Committee of the project consists of 20 members appointed by the Director General of UNESCO.
The Committee members, who represent different regions, areas of expertise and gender, hold a mandate of four years.
The main function of the Committee is to advise UNESCO on the implementation of the programme, more particularly as regard to:
- The development of capacity building material
- The research of various aspects of the slave trade and slavery
- The establishment of partnerships to promote the project’s objectives
See also: Statutes
Members of the Committee
New members
- Myriam Cottias (France, Martinique), Professor, Centre national de recherche scientifique (CNRS)
- Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Senegal), Professor, Columbia University
- Nancy Krieger, (United States of America), Professor, Harvard University
- Afua Cooper (Canada), Professor, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Science and Arts
- Hafiz Ali Abdulla (Qatar), Museum Director
- Chris Cyrille (France/Guadeloupe), Poet, art critic and independent curator
- Andreiza Anaya (Colombia), Journalist and expert in ethnic communication
Former members of the Committee whose mandate is ongoing
- Vijay Teelock (Mauritius), Historian and author
- Jane Landers (United States of America), Historian
- Rina Cáceres (Costa Rica), Director of the Diaspora Studies Programme
- Doudou Diène (Senegal), Chairman of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
- Ana Lucia Araujo (Brazil), Professor, Howard University
- Sonjah Stanley N. Niaah (Jamaica), Lecturer, University of the West Indies
- Chapurukha M. Kusimba (Kenya), Archaeologist
- Abubakar Babajo Sani (Nigeria), Professor, Umaru Musa Yar'adua University
- Gerardo Maloney (Panama), Sociologist and writer
- Abdi M. Kusow (Somalia), Professor, Iowa State University
- Aurelia Martin Casares (Spain), Professor, University of Granada
Reports
- Final Report, Republic of Mauritius, 27-29 November 2017 / Declaration of the International Scientific Committee of the Slave Route Project: resistance, liberty, heritage
- Final Report, Cabo Verde, 26-27 October 2015
- Final Report, Mexico City, Mexico, 19-21 November 2014 / Recommendations
- Final Report, Bogota and Cartagenade las Indias, 28 February - 3 March 2011
- Final Report, Paris, France, 17-18 February 2009
- Final Report, Paris, France, 22-24 February 2006
- Final Report, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17-21 December 2001 (in French)
- Final Report, Palermo, Italy, 21-23 September 2000
- Final Report, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-12 December 1998 (in French only)
- Final Report, Cabinda, Angola, 6-8 November 1996
- Final Report, Matanzas, Cuba, 4-6 December 1995
- Final Report, Ouidah, Benin, 6-8 September 1994
Launch of the project by the Director General of UNESCO, President Nicéphore Soglo of Benin and members of the International Scientific Committee.
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