Every year the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy assembles hundreds of human rights victims, activists, diplomats, journalists and student leaders to shine a spotlight on urgent human rights issues that require global attention.
If you want to pursue justice, you must feel the injustice around you,” Irwin Cotler, International Human Rights Lawyer.
This year the Summit will take place on April 6 at CiCG Geneva – Geneva International Conference Center. The Geneva Summit is free and open to everyone, but registration is required.
It is sponsored by a coalition of 25 human rights NGOs from around the world. This annual conference builds on the success and momentum of the previous gatherings, which have been widely acclaimed in the international human rights community.
The first summit took place on April 19, 2009, prior to the United Nations Durban Review Conference.
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