The City of Geneva and the Martin Ennals Foundation have announced the program of the 24thCeremony of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. The ceremony will be held in French and in English at Uni Dufour, Jean-Piaget auditorium (U 600) on Tuesday 10 October 2017, at 6 pm. This ceremony will open the Human Rights Week organized by the University of Geneva.This ceremony is open to the public. Please register to attend the ceremony. The event will be streamed. The key elements in the programme are:
- Short documentaries on the life of the 3 2-17 finalists will be screened for the first time, giving a glimpse of their fight and the particularly difficult conditions in which they work. [https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2017/04/26/breaking-news-three-human-rights-defenders-selected-as-finalists-for-the-2017-martin-ennals-award/]
- Keynote address and award given by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR)
- Reception hosted by the City of Geneva, allowing the 2017 finalists, the Geneva community of human rights and the public to exchange in an informal setting.
see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2017/05/16/trans-defenders-karla-avelars-life-is-under-constant-threat/ and
Last year’s film portraits can be seen here.
The 2017 Martin Ennals Award on social media:
– its Facebook event
– on Twitter: @martinennals #Ennals2017
October 10, 2017 at 19:15
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