"If Good Men Do Nothing, Evil Will Prevail" is the title of what is anticipated to be an amazing evening on 14 March, 7 pm at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore.
Kate Hoey MP, who was a member of the first British Parliamentary delegation to Zimbabwe in 1990 and is Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Zimbabwe, is introducing the speakers:
The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu; Dr Paul Negrut (from Romania); & Ben Freeth
The event launches the Mike Campbell Foundation, a charity set up in memory of Ben's father-in-law Mike Campbell. Together Mike & Ben took President Robert Mugabe to court over Mugabe's programme of land seizures, both in Zimbabwe and by appeal to the Tribunal of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), whose rulings were in Mike's favour and against the Zimbabwean Government.
As the Foundation sets out, its "...essential goal is to work to restore human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe and other SADC countries. Its priority project is to restore the SADC Tribunal, in a manner which ensures its fully effective functionality.The need for the restoration of the Tribunal follows the decision of the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of SADC members on May 20 to suspend its operation. With such suspension in place and the prospect of changes to the role of the Tribunal there is now no appeal court in which any individual, company or group can challenge human rights abuses in Zimbabwe or in any other SADC countries."
Please see the Foundation's website for more details about its work and also to book the £15 tickets for the 14 March launch. I'm looking forward to it!
