Exhibition – Creating Rights

Children’s Drawings of the Genocide Against the Tutsi

14 May 2019 0Comments 0Reactions

By Juliette Remond-Tiedrez Warning: this post contains sensitive photographs which some people may find disturbing. The Shoah Memorial in Paris is hosting, from the 4th of April to the 17th of November, a commemorative exhibition of the genocide against the Tutsi, 25 years after it happened (as a small reminder, from April to mid-July 1994, almost…

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The Power of Narratives

2 November 2018 0Comments 0Reactions

by Njomza Miftari Often times, human rights concerns become a hot topic when they occur in grave violations or in places far away from us but sometimes we can also learn from situations taking place in smaller communities. On the 29th of October 2018, I attended a small exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, where a number of master’s…

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Save the date: dialogue on the future of international justice with artist Bradley McCallum

1 November 2016 0Comments 0Reactions

You are invited to join in the Assembly State Parties side-event organized by the WAYAMO Foundation to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the creation of the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA). The event will take place on Monday 21 November 2016 from 6 to 7.30 pm (followed by a reception) at the Marriott…

Moving Walls, a photography exhibition documenting social justice and human rights

Photograhy 3 December 2013 0Comments 0Reactions

By Fiana Gantheret Following up on the implications of photojournalism in humanitarian settings, today's post will look into the Open Society Foundations Moving Walls exhibits. Open Society Foundations have organized, since 1998, an annual documentary photography exhibition entitled Moving Walls, which presents the work of several photographers about subjects related to social justice and human rights issues. Moving Walls 20 is this year's edition, and is exhibited in the New York offices of Open Society Foundations until 13 December 2013. Each photographer's exhibit comprises about 20 pictures documenting one subject. 20 images that depicts a reality. Borderland: North Korean Refugees Katharina Hesse's work shows North Korean refugees and activists that help them cross the border between North Korea and China, as well as landscapes of the fields that these refugees have to go through to escape.