03/04/2025
📢 You’re Invited! 📢
🌍 Human Rights Congress: Leave No One Behind in Times of Conflict 🕊️
📅 Day 2 – April 4th
Maison de La Paix
Join us for a powerful second day exploring the rights of persons with disabilities in conflict and the protection of humanitarian workers on the frontlines.
🔹 Panel III: Persons with Disabilities in Conflict (12:15 - 14:00 | S12, FAB)
This panel will examine legal frameworks, lived experiences, and rights of persons with disabilities (PWD) in conflicts and humanitarian crises. Experts will discuss existing protection mechanisms, challenges faced by disability communities, and strategies for resilience.
📷 Complementary Photo Exhibition by Giles Duley, showcasing stories of resilience, at Petal 1, Maison de la Paix.
🎤 Speakers:
-Alexander Breitegger, Legal Adviser, ICRC
-William Pons, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), former UN legal advisor
-Veronica Ngum Ndi, CEO, Community Association for Vulnerable Persons (CAVP), Cameroon (videoconference)
Moderator: Helena Nygren Krug, UNAIDS Senior Adviser & Visiting Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute
🔹 Panel IV: Protection of Humanitarian Workers (16:15 - 18:00 | Auditorium A2)
What does it take to serve on the frontlines? This panel explores the risks faced by humanitarian workers, from security threats to ethical dilemmas, and the urgent need to uphold humanitarian law.
🎤 Speakers:
-Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, War Surgeon, Rector, Glasgow University (videoconference)
-Lisa Anouk Müller-Dormann, Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding
-Olivier Vandecasteele, Founder, Protect Humanitarians (videoconference)
-Christina Wille, Director, Insecurity Insight
Moderators: Sara Ferrari & Alice Boschetti, Co-presidents, HRCP Initiative, Geneva Graduate Institute
🤝 Closing Networking Apéro (18:00 - 19:00 | Hall Interpétale)
Conclude the congress by connecting with panelists, students, and professionals over drinks.
👉 Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf89UoSygsjffiKShMfGhPOQ8K-5MungbyYWnl93Ro3NLXgbg/viewform?pli=1
Join us in defending human rights! 💙