The City supports the FIFDH, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary

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From 4 to 13 March 2022, the 20^th edition of the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights shines the spotlight on Geneva, a leading light in the sphere of fundamental rights and peace.

Every evening, during the main session of the Human Rights Council at the UN, film-makers, human rights activists and personalities are invited to join each other in debate, compare their points of view with the public and propose solutions.

This year, the festival will pay homage to Pham Doan Trang, who campaigns to bring an end to the systematic human rights abuses inflicted on the civil society and freedom of the press in Vietnam. Pham Doan Trang won the prix Martin Ennals 2022, which will be presented on 2 June in Geneva during a ceremony jointly organised by the City. Every year, this award acknowledges human rights activists working against a difficult backdrop and often at great personal risk.

Support from the City of Geneva

The festival has been supported by the City of Geneva for a number of years. Four evenings organised in collaboration with the City are on the programme:

• Public memories and monuments: the racist heritage of Geneva called into question - Co-presented with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) and the Agenda 21 – Sustainable City Service of the City of Geneva
   
• Being black and Swiss: putting an end to systemic racism - Co-presented with the Agenda 21 – Sustainable City Service of the City of Geneva
   
• Sexual and reproductive rights: a never-ending combat - Co-presented by the Centre Maurice Chalumeau en sciences des sexualités at the University of Geneva and the Agenda 21 – Sustainable City Service of the City of Geneva within the framework of the Semaine de l’égalité (Equality Week) 2022 under the banner “Haut les corps, à bas les tabous!” / With the support of the Association XYZ
   
• From genocide to ecocide | Philippe Sands - Co-presented with ARTE, TRIAL International and Délégation Genève Ville Solidaire (DGVS)

Programme

The full programme for the festival can be found on the FIFDH website.