Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

On 22 September 2014 will be shown the film “The Rights of Others” by Chris Kelly [https://thoolen.wordpress.com/tag/chris-kelly/] on work done by human rights defenders in Cambodia, especially those who fight against forced evictions, a common feature of Cambodia’s ‘development model’ as demonstrated also by the work of  the monk Luon Sovath who became the Laureate of the Martin Ennals Award 2012.

The event takes place in the Maison des Arts du Grütli, salle Fonction Cinéma Rue du Général-Dufour 16, Genève and is sponsored by:

• L’Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture (OMCT)
• le Service de la Solidarité internationale de la République et Canton de Genève
• le Département fédéral des affaires étrangères.

After the film there is a debate with the following participating:

                  Chhunly Chhay, Coordinator, Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR)

                  Maria Jesus Alonso Lormand, Director, Service de la Solidarité internationale

                  Gerald Staberock, Secretary General, OMCT

Please confirm you presence in advance to:  +41 (0)22 809 49 39 or by email: nb[at]omct.org

This entry was posted on September 16, 2014 at 09:16 and is filed under films, Human Rights Defenders, OMCT.

Tags: Cambodia, Canton of Geneva, Chris Kelly, film, forced evictions, freedom of demonstration, human rights films, land rights, Loun Sovath, Luon Sovath, MEA laureate 2012, OMCT, resource extraction, The Rights of Others