About The Speaker
Mireille Fanon-Mendez-France
speaker
Mireille Fanon-Mendez-France is chairperson of the Frantz Fanon Foundation, member of the Scientific Council of ATTAC France, and expert ex-chair of the Working group on People of African descent. She has worked as professor at different levels of National Education, at UNESCO and as legal adviser at the French National Assembly. Mendès-France has been teaching at Paris Descartes University. She was also a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley in international law and conflict resolution. She has also worked for UNESCO and the French National Assembly. Together with Gilles Devers, she filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice on behalf of groups representing victims of Israeli attacks during the 2008-2009 Gaza War.