The International Scientific Committee was established by UNESCO in 1994.
The role of this advisory body is to advise UNESCO on the implementation of the project, in particular with regard to the development of educational material and programmes, research into various aspects of the slave trade and slavery and the formation of new partnerships to promote its objectives.
It has 20 members appointed by the Director-General. They represent not only various disciplines (such as history, anthropology, archaeology, sociology and law) but also various regions of the world (Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, the Indian Ocean, the Arab States and Asia).
Members of the Committee
President : Ms Vijaya Teelock
Other members
Ms Ana Lucia Araujo (Brazil)
Mr Charles Akibode (Cabo Verde)
Mr Abubakar Babajo Sani (Nigeria)
Ms Rina Cáceres (Costa Rica)
Mr Doudou Diène (Senegal)
Mr Milton Guran (Brazil)
Ms Michele A. Johnson (Canada)
Mr Abdi M. Kusow (Somalia)
Mr Chapurukha Kusimba (Kenya)
Ms Jane Landers (United States of America)
Mr Gerardo Maloney (Panama)
Ms Aurelia Martin Casares (Spain)
Mr Hilary McDonald Beckles (Barbados)
Mr Joel Quirk (Australia)
Mr Samuel Régulus (Haïti)
Ms Sonjah Stanley Niaah (Jamaica)
M. Alex van Stipriaan Luïscius (Netherlands)
M. Ignacio Telesca (Paraguay)
M. Salah Trabelsi (Tunisia)
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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