Abdallah Possi
H.E. Dr. Abdallah Saleh Possi is the Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva.
Prior to serving in Geneva, Dr. Possi served as Tanzania’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in Berlin since June 2017, and during this time, he was also accredited as Ambassador to Austria (until May 2022), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, and the Holy See.
Before assuming diplomatic responsibilities, Dr. Possi served as a Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (responsible for Persons with Disability) from December 2015 to January 2017. He started his career in academics and legal practice, and worked as a University lecturer at the University of Dodoma.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Erlangen-Numberg in Germany (2014); a Master of Laws degree from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania (2008), and a Bachelor of Laws from the same University (2005).
He was born on 25 August 1979 in Dar es Salaam and is married.
Foreign languages: Kiswahili, English and German.
Prior to serving in Geneva, Dr. Possi served as Tanzania’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in Berlin since June 2017, and during this time, he was also accredited as Ambassador to Austria (until May 2022), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, and the Holy See.
Before assuming diplomatic responsibilities, Dr. Possi served as a Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (responsible for Persons with Disability) from December 2015 to January 2017. He started his career in academics and legal practice, and worked as a University lecturer at the University of Dodoma.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Erlangen-Numberg in Germany (2014); a Master of Laws degree from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania (2008), and a Bachelor of Laws from the same University (2005).
He was born on 25 August 1979 in Dar es Salaam and is married.
Foreign languages: Kiswahili, English and German.
less
InterestsView All (10)
Uploads
Papers by Abdallah Possi
discriminatory measures, and developed new approaches to disability. They facilitated the diffusion of a disability rights frame, and also built collective identities, and worked to promote change in social attitudes.
The old and modern perceptions of disability do not originate from legal
instruments. However, the promotion and protection of disability rights has
had very much to do with the way disability is being perceived in legislation and policy. Yet, equality approaches in international and domestic laws have been evolving, increasingly revealing the diverse nature ol' human rights. Although the concepts of equality and disability appear to have been developing independent of each other, the modern approaches to both
disability and equality re-enforce each other, and the human rights approach to disability should he viewed not only in terms of how disability is defined, but also on how other equality measures take disability into consideration.
This article first describes general approaches to equality and disability, and then compares these with the Tanzanian experience, with a view to providing an account of developments in the area of disability rights in Tanzania.
discriminatory measures, and developed new approaches to disability. They facilitated the diffusion of a disability rights frame, and also built collective identities, and worked to promote change in social attitudes.
The old and modern perceptions of disability do not originate from legal
instruments. However, the promotion and protection of disability rights has
had very much to do with the way disability is being perceived in legislation and policy. Yet, equality approaches in international and domestic laws have been evolving, increasingly revealing the diverse nature ol' human rights. Although the concepts of equality and disability appear to have been developing independent of each other, the modern approaches to both
disability and equality re-enforce each other, and the human rights approach to disability should he viewed not only in terms of how disability is defined, but also on how other equality measures take disability into consideration.
This article first describes general approaches to equality and disability, and then compares these with the Tanzanian experience, with a view to providing an account of developments in the area of disability rights in Tanzania.