Sponsored by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
Time & Location
Jan 15, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM GMT+1
CICG I Room P. F (and online), Rue de Varembé 17, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
About the session
This session will include a presentation of artistic products made by families of the disappeared who chose art to convey their message in their fight for justice. Panelists will engage in a discussion on how they have leveraged artistic expression in the pursuit of their goals and mobilized young people.
Moderator
Fernando TRAVESI, International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), Executive Director, Colombia
Panelists
María Alejandra DÍAZ CASTRO, Colectivo Buscadoras Guanajuato, Partnerships and Communications, Coordinator of the project “Recetario para la memoria Guanajuato”, Mexico
Evelina GUZMÁN, Colectivo Buscadoras Guanajuato, Coordinator of the project “Recetario para la memoria Guanajuato”, Mexico
Yasasmin KAVIRATNE, Amnesty International, Regional Campaigner, Sri Lanka
Sirra NDOW, African Network against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (ANEKED), Founder and Country Director for the Gambia, The Gambia
Mahmoud ASWAD, Lawyers and Doctors for Human Rights (LDHR), Syria
Ahmad Sheikh SIDI, Center for Civil Society and Democracy (CCSD), Syria
Elena ABOU DEHEN, Committee of the Families of the Kidnapped and Disappeared in Lebanon (CFKDL), Field Coordinator, Lebanon
Wadad MOURAD HALWANI, Committee of the Families of the Kidnapped and Disappeared in Lebanon (CFKDL), President, Lebanon
Sponsor
International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)