International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights

Switzerland to launch defender protection guidelines at human rights film festival

ISHR is pleased to be moderating the launch of the Swiss 'Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders' at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, this Tuesday 10 December.

Michael Ineichen, ISHR's Programme Manager on corporate accountability and human rights, will moderate a panel discussion to launch the guidelines. The discussion will take place together with a photographic exhibition by Daniel Schweizer on the 'Faces of Human Rights Defenders and the Extractive Industry'.

Exhibition opening and launch of the Swiss 'Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders', moderated by ISHR: 10 December, at 5pm

Exhibition: until 20 December, Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm

Venue: Flux Laboratory Zurich, Schiffbau 5, Schiffbauplatz 5, 8005 Zurich

Download the event flyer here.

This is the first edition of the ZURICH International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), an extension of the Geneva event now in its 11th year. It will feature three days of screenings and debates on human rights issues. The programme is available here.