Past Events


Side Meeting of the 53rd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva 

14th June 2023 

There was a Side Meeting for United Nations Mandate holders focusing on the Resolution on the Elimination of Harmful Practices Related to Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks A/HRC/RES/47/8, adopted by the Human Rights Council on 12 July 2021. 

Professor Charlotte Baker (Lancaster University, UK) and Dr Samantha Spence (Staffordshire University, UK) led the discussion of the Resolution and introduced the work of the International Network Against Accusations of Witchcraft and Associated Harmful Practices.

Funding Award from the AHRC (2023)

Over the next two years, The International Network against Witchcraft Accusation and Associated Harmful Practices will partner on a project led by Professor Charlotte Baker, Lancaster University and funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council Impact Acceleration Account. 

This project will support our work to raise awareness of witchcraft accusations and associated harmful practices across sectors and countries. It will enable us to collaborate with animators, photographers and creative writers to create a set of materials that will sit alongside testimonies and interviews with subject experts to inform a digital campaign. We will also hold a series of online symposiums to bring together experts working on HPWARA globally to continue to raise awareness, share information on the Resolution, and to discuss responses and initiatives.