Archbishop Desmond Tutu arrived in Belfast today for a two-day visit to promote the protection of human rights in Northern Ireland.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu is in Belfast today to promote human rights
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Invited to the city by the North’s Committee on the Administration of Justice and the Global Citizens Circle, the 70-year-old campaigner for justice and peace is to give a lecture on
Dignity, Equality and Inalienable Rights
tomorrow.
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"Archbishop Tutu will talk about the lessons we can learn in Northern Ireland in the context of the current Bill of Rights debate from the experience in South African," Mr Paul Mageean of CAJ said.
The former Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches (S.A.C.C.) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his work against apartheid.