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{ 2009 04 12 }

JHRC-UK supports Geneva Holocaust Commemoration which Coincides with Durban Review Conference

To mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Jewish Communities of Geneva have organised a public commemorative ceremony for victims of the Holocaust.

The Jewish Human Rights Coalition (UK) is supporting and attending the event, and has also invited several UK NGOs that are attending the Durban Review Conference.

The ceremony will take place on the Place des Nations, at 18:30 on Monday the 20th of April; the same day and location as the opening of the Durban Review Conference.

The event will bring together survivors of the Holocaust from accross the religious spectrum, and will include official political and religious representation. Tribute will be paid to René Cassin and Raphael Lemkin, two key figures who drafted fundamental human rights texts: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.

Speakers include :

  • Irwin Cotler, Former Canadian Minister of Justice, Member of Parliament, and attorney for several leading human rights figures including Nelson Mandela and Andrei Sakharov.
  • Père Patrick Desbois, Director of the National Service for relations with Judaism in France, counsellor to the Vatican on Judaism and author of “Porteur de mémoires - Sur les traces de la Shoah par balles”.
  • Bernard-Henry Lévy, Writer and philosopher.
  • Simone Veil, Former President of the European Parliament, Former French Minister of Health, and Shoah survivor.
  • Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Shoah survivor.

For more detailed information on the commemoration, please visit www.yomhashoah09.org

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