The role of art in the struggle for justice

This session will include a presentation of artistic products made by families of the disappeared who chose art to convey their message in their fight for justice. Panelists will engage in a discussion on how they have leveraged artistic expression in the pursuit of their goals and mobilized young people.

Moderator

• Fernando TRAVESI, International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), Executive Director, Colombia

Panelists

• María Alejandra DÍAZ CASTRO, Colectivo Buscadoras Guanajuato, Partnerships and Communications, Coordinator of the project "Recetario para la memoria Guanajuato", Mexico

• Zahara GOMEZ, Colectivo Buscadoras Guanajuato, Coordinator of the project "Recetario para la memoria Guanajuato", Mexico

• Yasasmin KAVIRATNE, Amnesty International, Regional Campaigner, Sri Lanka

• Sirra NDOW, African Network against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (ANEKED), Founder and Country Director for the Gambia, The Gambia

• Mahmoud ASWAD, Lawyers and Doctors for Human Rights (LDHR), Syria

• Ahmad Sheikh SIDI, Center for Civil Society and Democracy (CCSD), Syria

• Elena ABOU DEHEN, Committee of the Families of the Kidnapped and Disappeared in Lebanon (CFKDL), Field Coordinator, Lebanon

• Wadad MOURAD HALWANI, Committee of the Families of the Kidnapped and Disappeared in Lebanon (CFKDL), President, Lebanon

Sponsor

• International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)