Save the date - Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

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Date: 10 October 2017

SAVE THE DATE

Tuesday October 10, 2017

Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

The City of Geneva and the Martin Ennals Foundation are honored to invite you to the 2017 Martin Ennals Award Ceremony:
October 10, 2017, 6.00 pm, at Uni Dufour, Geneva
during the opening day of the Human Rights Week hosted by the University of Geneva from October 11 to 12 and with the support of the Republic and canton of Geneva.
The 2017 finalists
The laureate will be selected from among three 2017 finalists:
Karla Avelar (El Salvador) is a transgender woman who defends the rights of LGBTI persons. She suffered discrimination, exploitation, and rape.
FreeThe5KH (Cambodia) are five senior staff members from the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) who have been in pre-trial detention for over one year.
Mohamed Zaree (Egypt), from the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, is a legal scholar coordinating research to challenge laws designed to limit NGOs activities working on human rights.
The jury
The finalists and laureate are selected by the Jury of the Martin Ennals Award, made up of ten of the world’s leading human rights organizations: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, FIDH, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), Frontline Defenders, the International Commission of Jurists, EWDE-Germany, the International Service for Human Rights, and HURIDOCS.
Screening of documentaries on the finalists and reception
Short documentaries on the life of these finalists will be screened for the first time, giving a glimpse of their fight and the particularly difficult conditions in which they work. The evening will conclude with a 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.
Last year’s film portraits can be seen here.
The City of Geneva has been supporting this award since 2005 as part of its commitment to the promotion of peace and human rights.
Save the date in your agenda. An invitation and the detailed programme of the evening open to the public will follow at the beginning of September.
Register now on the Martin Ennals Award’s website.
External Affairs Office
City of Geneva