Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, was recently in Montreal where he delivered a speech entitled “Reestablishing Canada’s Leadership in Global Human Rights” to the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations.
Video of the speech is available on the CPAC Website and will be broadcast on CPAC this coming Saturday, November 14th at 12:00 noon and repeated on Tuesday, November 17the at 11 am.
Steve Crawshaw, UN Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch will be the featured speaker at the 2009 Autumn John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture at York University’s Glendon College.
Crawshaw joined Human Rights Watch as London Director in 2002, and became the organization’s United Nations advocacy director in 2006. Before joining Human Rights Watch he worked for many years as a journalist with The Independent where he held numerous positions including Germany Bureau Chief, Chief Foreign Correspondent, and Foreign News Editor. Stories he covered included the east European revolutions, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the Balkan wars.
He is the author of Goodbye to the USSR (1992) and of Easier Fatherland: Germany and the Twenty-First Century (2004). He is co-author of Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity and a Bit of Ingenuity Can Change the World, to be published in 2010.
The title of Steve’s speech is “Making an Impact: The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in a Changing World.”
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Room 102, Glendon Hall, Glendon College, 2275 Bayview Ave. (Click to link to Google map)
Seating is limited. To RSVP, e-mail events@glendon.yorku.ca or telephone 416-487-6727.
Human Rights Watch co-presents the screening of Under the Bombs, one of a dozen documentary and feature films scheduled for the 2009 International Diaspora Film Festival.
Directed by Philippe Aractingi, Under the Bombs was shot entirely on location amidst the ruins of war-torn Lebanon with real refugees, journalists and soldiers. The story centers on a woman returning to Lebanon to search for her missing son and sister in the rubble of local towns, during a cease-fire in the Lebanon-Israel conflict of 2006.
The film has won multiple awards including, the “Human Rights Film” Award and “Altre Visioni” Award at the 2007 Venice Film Festival; Best Film and Best Actress Awards at the 2007 Dubai Film Festival; Critic’s Award at the 2007 Eurasia Film Festival; “Prix Jury Jeune” at the 2007 Francophone Film Festival; and Best Actress (FIPRESCI) at the 2008 Bratislava Film Festival.
Under the Bombs screens Thursday, November 5th at 9:00 PM at the Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto (one block south of Bloor, off St. George St.).
Admission is $10, $8 for students and seniors. For ticket reservation please e-mail: info@diasporafilmfest.com.
