In November 2018, the Dublin based human rights NGO; Front Line Defenders, were awarded the United Nations Human Rights Prize, as announced by President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés. Front Line Defenders was founded in 2001 to provide rapid and practical support for the security and protection for human rights defenders at risk. Each year, Front Line Defenders provides support to over 2,000 human rights defenders at risk around the world.
Today I announced the 2018 winners of the @UN Human Rights Prize. I am proud to recognise the contributions of individuals & organizations that promote & protect human rights @RebecaGyumi @Asma_Jahangir Joênia Wapichana @FrontLineHRD Your work is an inspiration to us all #UN4ALL
— UN GA President (@UN_PGA) October 25, 2018
Great news from UNHQ NY – Ireland’s Front Line Defenders @FrontLineHRD are winners of prestigious 2018 UN prize for Human Rights. Proud to see them honored as they work to protect human rights defenders in the most dangerous & challenging parts of the world.
— Simon Coveney (@simoncoveney) October 25, 2018
To celebrate the voices and actions of human rights defenders from Ireland and around the world, Front Line Defenders, in collaboration with leading Ireland-based human rights organisations, have come together to bring you a weekend packed with interactive workshops, panel discussions, artistic performances and more for the Dublin Human Rights Festival 2018. Highlights will include panel discussions on LGBT+ rights, women’s reproductive health, environmental justice, civil rights movements of the past and present and freedom of expression in a digital world and interactive workshops by Clowns Without Borders (circus skills for young children), a graffiti mural workshop (older children & adults), a story-telling discussion and a protest poetry slam called Righteous Verse.There will also be human rights stalls at the Smock Alley Theatre venue on Saturday (24 November), a film screening of “Naila and the Uprising” on Friday evening (23 November) and an LGBT+ walking tour of historic queer Dublin on Sunday (25 November).
Dates: Saturday 24 November, (with side events on Friday 23 November and Sunday 25 November)
Locations: Wood Quay Venue, Smock Alley Theatre & The International Bar
Admission: All events are FREE but some require booking
For more details: https://www.frontlinedefenders
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