International Film Festival on Human Rights
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International Film Festival on Human Rights
"In Geneva, Human Rights Watch co-founded the International Film Festival on Human Rights (FIFDH) in March 2003. Its goal is to “establish a dialogue between the various worlds of film, academia, and field workers in touch with political decision-makers.” The FIFDH has a central concept: each movie deals with one topic and gives rise to a debate. Since 2004, HRW hosts a special event by showing a film selected for its connection to the organization’s work and organizing a debate including several of its experts." [1]
- CO-DIRECTION : Director General (Léo Kaneman); Director of Programmes (Yaël Reinharz Hazan)
Contents
Steering Committee
Accessed November 2008: [2]
- Leo Kaneman, Co-director of the FIFDH, founding member
- Yael Reinharz Hazan, Co-director of the FIFDH, founding member
- Annick Stevenson, Journalist, founding member
- Eric Sottas, Director of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT), founding member
- Pierre Hazan, Doctor es Political Science and author of « Juger la guerre, juger l’histoire », founding member
- Antoine Bernard, Executive director of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- Daniel Bolomey, General secretary of Amnesty International Switzerland (AI)
- Laurence Fabry-Lorenzini, Director, Development&Outreach, Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor, Law Faculty, Université de Genève
- Francois Sergent, Editorial Board co-director, Libération
- Marie Heuze, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva
- Sylvie Cohen, Director of External Affairs Service – Territory Dpt.(DT), Geneva
- Andrew Clapham, Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.
- Jean-Christophe Rufin, Writer
- Abderrahmane Sissako, Film maker
- Afsane Bassir-Pour, Director of the United Nations regional information center in Brussels Richard Werly, Journalist
Patrons
Accessed November 2008: [3]
- Late Sergio Vieira de Mello, First patron of the Festival
- Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Robert Badinter, Lawyer, former president of the French Constitutional Court, former French minister of Justice
- Ruth Dreifuss, Former president of the Swiss Confédération
- Amos Gitai, Film maker
- Barbara Hendricks, Singer, ambassador for UNHCR
- William Hurt, Actor
- Ken Loach, Film director
- Hubert Nyssen, Writer and publisher
- Jorge Semprun, Writer
- Philippe Val, Charlie Hebdo’s Director
Jury
Accessed November 2008: [4]
- Ousmane Sow (president of the Jury)
- Nancy Huston
- Adam Michnik
- Freddy Buache
- Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Contact
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch articles
References
- ↑ International Film Festival on Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, accessed November 9, 2008.
- ↑ Steering Committee, International Film Festival on Human Rights, accessed November 9, 2008.
- ↑ Patrons, International Film Festival on Human Rights, accessed November 9, 2008.
- ↑ Jury, International Film Festival on Human Rights, accessed November 9, 2008.
