is an international development consultant. She has also lectured as an Adjunct Professor in Labour Studies at Long Island University (LIU), and the City University of New York (CUNY). Ms Adaba was the representative of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) to the United Nations from 1999 to 2010. As representative of the ITUC to the United Nations, she participated in important UN-conferences, advocating for the integration of labour-friendly policies into the UN's work on economic and social development, gender and migration.

During the Week of Justice 2017, she speaks about "Unequal worlds - and why we need to take a closer look".

is a geographer, university professor and, since 2008, director of the National Institute for Urban and Spatial Planning in Rabat, Morocco. He participated in various research projects pertaining to urban and spatial planning in Morocco and coordinated a Moroccoan-German project on urban agriculture as a factor in integration in the Casablanca region. He authored various articles on spatial planning and sustainable development, including "La question de l’intégration sociale dans les programmes de lutte contre l’habitat insalubre au Maroc" and "Les villes minières marocaines, un héritage colonial difficile à assumer".

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Regions left behind - How economic policy has exacerbated inequality in the Maghreb".

Dereje Alemayehu is Chair of the Coordination Committee of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice and Senior Economic Policy Advisor of Tax Justice Network Africa. He works as a Senior Economic Justice Advisor at Christian Aid UK. Mr. Alemayehu has several contributions on development policy, the role of the state in development, governance, accountability, tax and development, illicit financial flows. Prior to his work in the development sector, Mr. Alemayehu was a Lecturer at the Free University in Berlin from 1987-1998 where he obtained a PhD in Economics.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Unequal worlds - and why we need to take a closer look".

was born in Tunisia and is a social geographer, scholar and professor at Université Paris 8 in Saint Denis (France). His research focuses include resource conflicts, processes and dynamics of poverty and marginalization, social change, as well as resistance and protest ("Arab Spring"). Currently, he is primarily working on comparative studies on Egypt and Tunisia. His publications include Marginality and marginalization in Tunisia; Saida Manoubia in Tunis and Zrig in Gabes (2013).

Furthermore, Habib Ayeb is a filmmaker. His documentaries include "Gabes Labess" (2014) and "Green Mirages" (2012).

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Regions left behind - How economic policy has exacerbated inequality in the Maghreb" and discusses his film "Gabes Labess".

is a renowned Swedish journalist, author and historian. His most famous work probably is "Underbara dagar framfor oss" ("Wonderful days ahead of us"), a biography of the social democrat Olof Palme that was translated into six languages.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Freedom and justice – the Swedish model" and discusses, together with Lars Trägårdh, their new book "Är svensken människa?" ("Is the Swed a human being?").

has been a member of the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag since 1998. An electrician by training, he studied mathematics and received his diploma in 1981. Until 1998, he worked as a scientific employee at the computer center of Heidelberg university. Lothar Binding is a member of the finance committee and focuses on company taxation and international tax law. He also serves as the fiscal policy spokesman of the SPD parliamentary group.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Inequality under scrutiny – options and limits of financial policy".

is founder and coordinator of the international network Social Watch, Latin America representative of the Third World Network (TWN) and executive director of the Third World Institute (ITeM) in Montevideo. He was a member of the Civil Society Advisory Committee to the administrator of the UN Development Programme, until 2012, served on the board of the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and has covered development issues as a journalist since 1973.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Unequal worlds - and why we need to take a closer look".

works on migration and development at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, where he focuses on humanitarian refugee aid and global migration policy. Previously, he served as a consultant on peace and security in Africa at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ; German Corporation for International Cooperation). He studied political and administrative science and communication studies in Dresden and Potsdam.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he discusses inequality, mobility and migration with the director and the protagonist of the movie "Als Paul über das Meer kam – Tagebuch einer Begegnung".

is a journalist and author. She was awarded the Axel-Springer-Preis for young journalists and the Ludwig-Erhard-Förderpreis in 2007, in 2014 she received the Medienpreis der Deutschen Telekom. Friedrichs focuses on social justice. Her books include „Gestatten: Elite“ (2008), „Ideale – Auf der Suche nach dem, was zählt“ (2011), and „Wir Erben: Was Geld mit Menschen macht“ (2015).

During the Week of Justice 2017, she speaks about "Freedom and justice – the Swedish model".

is the Project Director at Educational International (EI) responsible for leading EI's response to the growing commercialisation and privatisation of education. He was the Federal President of the Australian Education Union (AEU) for 7 years prior to commencing work with EI. Angelo started his career in 1987 as a secondary teacher in South West Sydney, NSW.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Earning by learning – is this the future of education in Africa?".

is senior researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He attained a Ph.D. in Economics from Southampton University, UK. His research interests delve into the foundation of cooperative behavior and of aversion to inequality. His work has an inter-disciplinary component and has been published in Nature Communications, PNAS, Psychological Science, and Experimental Economics.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Unequal worlds - and why we need to take a closer look".

specializes in the study of global economic governance, especially regarding international development cooperation, G20 and BRICS related issues. Her main publications include two monographs Research On European Regional Integration (Shanghai Academy of Social Science Press, 2005), Development Oriented Aid: The Model of China’s Aid towards Africa (Shanghai People’s Publishing House,2013), and more than 50 academic papers. She was visiting scholar in Institute for Southeast Asia Studies (ISEAS) in 2016,  German Development Insititute (d.i.e) in 2010, and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in 2015.

During the Week of Justice 2017, she speaks about"An elephant explains the world: unequal distribution of income".

is an Algerian activist, author, scholar and co-founder of the London-based "Algeria Solidarity Campaign" (ASC) and "Environmental Justice North Africa" (EJNA). He has worked for "Global Justice Now" and "Platform" on climate, nutrition, trade and energy justice. Currently, he heads the North Africa and West Asia program of "War on Want" in London. His articles have been published in outlets such as Guardian, Counterpunch, New Internationalist, Red Pepper, Jadaliyya, openDemocracy, Pambazuka, El Watan, Maghreb Emergent and the Huffington Post.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Regions left behind - How economic policy has exacerbated inequality in the Maghreb".

is a geographer, teacher and human rights activist advocating for social and ecological rights in Tunisia. He heads the Monastir section of the Tunisian Forum for Social and Ecomomic Rights (FTDS). Since 2006, he has been advocating for combating environmental pollution in Monastir bay. Furthermore, he works on issues pertaining to labor law and education. For example, he authored several studies and reports on the rights of women working in the garment industry and on the reasons for early school dropout in Tunisia.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Regions left behind - How economic policy has exacerbated inequality in the Maghreb".

is a political scientist and works, since 2010, as an expert on financial markets at the Berlin-based NGO WEED - World Economy, Ecology & Development. His work areas include sustainable financial systems, tax justice and combatting tax evasion. Markus Henn is a member of the coordination group of Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit Deutschland (German network for tax justice).

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Inequality under scrutiny – options and limits of financial policy".

is a carpenter by training and holds a PhD in economics from Lüneburg university. From 2003 to 2010 her served as the chief economist of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB). Since 2010, he is division manager for economic policy, Europe and international issues at the trade union ver.di.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Inequality under scrutiny – options and limits of financial policy".

is a professor of Economics focusing on development economics at Göttingen university. Currently, he is the director of the Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research and of the Courant Research Center "Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries." He holds a PhD from Harvard University and worked at the World Bank in Washington and South Africa, at King's College (Cambridge, England) and Munich University. His research focuses on issues pertaining to poverty, inequality, environment, and gender in developing countries. He is a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy and the president of the European Development Research Network. He was a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the Fifth Assessment Report.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about"An elephant explains the world: unequal distribution of income".

is a senior research fellow at GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies, where she is also working as an editor of GIGA Focus and GIGA Focus Global. Her research focuses on peace and security as well as political accountability and participation. Most recently, she published an edited volume on "Institutional Reforms and Peacebuilding: Change, Path-Dependency and Societal Divisions in Post-War Communities" and worked extensively on the peace process in Colombia.

During the Week of Justice 2017, she moderates the discussion on "Inequality – a threat to stability and security in Latin America".

is a cultural manager by training and currently coordinates the project "Nothing grows in the shadow". She is also a lecturer at the education center at the penal institution of the national rehabilitation center in Montevideo, Uruguay. Previously, she was the leader of the campaign against lowering the age of criminal responsibility. Since 2016, she coordinates the research pertaining to the national cultural plan.

During the Week of Justice 2017, she speaks about "Inequality – a threat to stability and security in Latin America".

is managing director of Oxfam Germany e.V. since 2012.  Previously, her professional career path took her through numerous international development cooperation organizations, including the German Development Service (DED) in Sudan and Kenia, the German Foundation of World Population (DSW) as well as the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Tanzania.

During the Week of Justice 2017, she speaks about "Unequal worlds - and why we need to take a closer look".

co-founded the NGO "Nomad08 Redeyef" in 2012. He is currently coordinating the Tunisian Water Observatory ("Observatoire tunisien de l’eau") project of Nomad08. Previously, he coordinated a project on the effects the Tunisian phosphate industry has on people's health. He was also part of the organizing team of the World Social Forum in Tunis in 2013 and 2015.

Apart from his civil society activities, he is a laboratory chemist and works for the Ministry of Industry.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Regions left behind - How economic policy has exacerbated inequality in the Maghreb".

is junior professor of political science with a focus on Latin America at the Institute for Latin American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. He studied in Frankfurt and Berlin. The key areas of his research include police resarch, postcolonial theory, informal politics and political developments in Latin America. Currently, he is the head of a research project on governance in areas of limited statehood and also works on German police assistance in Latin America between 1949 and 1989.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Inequality – a threat to stability and security in Latin America".

studied law and political science at Douala university in Cameroon and was a member of the student council. During the second year of his studies, he was expelled from university as retaliation for a strike. He received a scholarship from Collèhe April-Fortier in Montréal, but was denied a visa for Canada. Until 2011, he worked as a grower of oil palms, but was increasingly harrassed because of his tribal affiliation. In December 2011, he left his home country for Europe without a visa. After crossing the Sahara, he worked at construction sites in Algeria and Morocco for three years. In December 2014, he reached the Spanish coast by boat. In March 2015, he arrived in Germany and applied for asylum in Eisenhüttenstadt in May. From December 2015, he participated in the German government program Federal Colunteers Service for a year. Today he works as a care assistant in Berlin.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about his movie "Als Paul über das Meer kam – Tagebuch einer Begegnung".

is the head of the FES office in Shanghai, China since 2015. Prior to this, he worked as an expert on disarmament and arms control at FES Berlin, coordinated the foundation's activities pertaining to international trade policy and was responsible for the Dialogue on Globalization publications.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about"An elephant explains the world: unequal distribution of income".

is a documentary filmmaker and political activist. His movies, shot in Iran, Ukraine and Morocco, were screened in more than ten countries and at various film festivals. His film "The Other Chelsea" won the Adolf-Grimme-Award.
Apart from making movies, Jakob Preuss works politically with the party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. He also worked as a expert on CIS countries at the NGO Reporters Without Borders and as an election observer. In 2014, Preuss and other artists founded the initiative GehtAuchAnders (<link typo3 _blank external-link>www.geht- auch-anders.de), within the framework of which artists examine political issues and take a stance.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about his movie "Als Paul über das Meer kam – Tagebuch einer Begegnung".

is an Associate Professor of Economics at The New School for Social Research. He was recently a member of the Independent High-level Team of Advisers to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations on the longer-term positioning of the UN Development System (in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development).  He is one of the co-founders and team leaders of the Global Consumption and Income Project. 

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Unequal worlds - and why we need to take a closer look".

is flight and migration advocacy manager at Save The Children Germany. A lawyer by training, she holds a PhD in European Migration Law from Salzburg university. She is a co-founder of and a counsellor at the Refugee Law Clinic Berlin at Humboldt-University. Previously, she worked at the German Bundestag and was a trainee lawyer at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and at the German Institute for Human Rights. Her work focusses on instruments of externalization, return policies and the topic area development cooperation and migration.

During the Week of Justice 2017, she discusses inequality, mobility and migration with the director and the protagonist of the movie "Als Paul über das Meer kam – Tagebuch einer Begegnung".

is a world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, bestselling author, and syndicated columnist whose monthly newspaper columns appear in more than 100 countries. He is the co-recipient of the 2015 Blue Planet Prize, the leading global prize for environmental leadership. He has twice been named among Time Magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders.

He currently teaches at Columbia University, New York and is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Sustainable Development Goals, and previously advised both UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals. Sachs is currently Director of both the Center for Sustainable Development, and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network under the auspices of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Another America - Another Europe".

is a professor of education at Bamberg University. She focusses on cosmopolitan education, teaching anthropology and the quality of education. In the context of the latter, she has dealt extensively with private schools.

During the Week of Justice 2017, she speaks about "Earning by learning – is this the future of education in Africa?".

has been working at DIE ZEIT since 2008 and currently serves as a business editor in Berlin. He holds a MA in economics and political science from the London School of Economics. He previously worked as an editor and later-on in an executive position at "Financial Times Deutschland" and authored two non-fiction books on inflation and wages.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "An elephant explains the world: unequal distribution of income".

is a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. She is a member of the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs, representative member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the Committee on Petitions and a member of the Federal Executive Committee of the SPD. Furthermore, she is the chair of the German-Chinese parliamentary group of the German Bundestag. A social issues expert from Wetzlar, she studied history at Gießen university and has been an active member of the SPD since her youth.

During the Week of Justice 2017, she speaks about "An elephant explains the world: unequal distribution of income".

works as a business editor at Deutschlandfunk Kultur, where he focusses on labour, social, health and pension issues. He holds a diploma in economics, worked for various daily and weekly newspapers, and wrote books on the introduction of the Euro and on the increase in subcontracted labour.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he moderates the discussion on"An elephant explains the world: unequal distribution of income".

is a German political science professor and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. She was nominated twice as a candidate for the federal presidential elections in 2004 by the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance 90/The Greens and in 2009 by the Social Democratic Party. From 1998-2008 she was chair of the Europe-University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). Since 2014 she has been the chair of the SPD's Basic Values Commission and chair of the Humboldt-Viadrina Governance Platform. Moreover she has been awarded several times for her outstanding commitment to promote international exchange and understanding. In 2017 she was honored with the August-Bebel award.

During the Week of Justice 2017, she speaks about "Unequal worlds - and why we need to take a closer look".

is a teacher by profession and a trade unionist.  Mr. Sossion is currently the Secretary General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the President of Education International (EI), Africa Region. Previously, Mr. Sossion served the union at the Head Office as the 2nd Vice National Chairman. Before coming to the KNUT Head Office, Mr. Sossion served the teachers as Executive Secretary, KNUT Bomet Branch from 2001 to 2008.

Mr. Sossion is a trained Chemistry and Agriculture teacher having graduated with a Diploma in Education from Egerton University.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree in education from Kenyatta University, a Master’s degree in education leadership from Moi University and currently, he is pursuing a PhD course in Education Leadership at the Methodist University.

His last classroom teaching was at a high school level with an outstanding performance in all his teaching subjects. He wrote and directed winning plays for different schools where he taught for a number of years.  He adjudicated drama at all levels. He is a board member of a number of primary and post-primary schools and various tertiary institutions.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Earning by learning – is this the future of education in Africa?".

is a Swedish professor and historian. After having worked in the USA for a long time, he is now back in Sweden and holds the position of a history professor at the Ersta Sköndal Highschool in Stockholm. His research focuses on children's rights in various countries and on social trust in Sweden.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Freedom and justice – the Swedish model" and discusses, together with Henrik Berggren, their new book "Är svensken människa?" ("Is the Swed a human being?").

is an economics professor focussing on macro economics and economic policy at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR) and, since 2015, vice dean of the department of economics. Since 2014, he is a senior research fellow at the  Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) of the Hans-Böckler-Foundation, where he previously headed the department of tax and finance policy. Achim Truger is also a scientific policy advisor working with governments, parliaments, trade unions and NGOs on the international as well as on the local level.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks about "Inequality under scrutiny – options and limits of financial policy".

is the SPD fraction's spokesman for internal affairs as well as for European and federal affairs in the Berlin House of Representatives.

He has been politically active since he studied political science and law. After receiving his degree in law, he worked in administration, including in Bonn and Berlin. Apart from positions as academic officer, he also served as press officer at the Senate Department of Finance in Berlin.

During the Week of Justice 2017, he speaks with experts from Latin America about "Inequality – a threat to stability and security in Latin America".