The executive director of the International Center for the Promotion of Human Rights-Unesco, Fernanda Gil Lozano pointed out that the III World Forum on Human Rights -to be held in March 2023 in Argentina- will be “the best event” with which to celebrate the 40 years of the recovery of democracy in the country.
The activities will begin on March 20 and will last until the 24th, when there will be a great march to Plaza de Mayo, on the day in which the Day of Memory, Truth and Justice is commemorated, said Gil Lozano. in statements to Télam..
The meeting, which It will be held at the exEsma property, it will have its opening at the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK) for “security issues, following the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.”
Sources from the organization stated that among the topics that will be discussed in the Forum are issues such as the “Memory, Truth, Justice and guarantee of non-repetition policies; the right to identity, Human Rights Defenders; the right to peace and non-repetition violence
Gil Lozano also announced that there will also be lectures, and some workshops will be held on the premises of Ciudad Universitaria in Buenos Aires. In her capacity as executive director of this Forum, she announced, in turn, that “the organization has so far exceeded all the expectations that existed regarding its realization.”
“This is the third world forum that has been held, and although Argentina had planned it for 2016, at that time it did not want to do it,” he said, referring to a decision made by the Government of Mauricio Macri.
On the contrary, we think that On the occasion of the 40 years of uninterrupted democracy that Argentina is celebrating, this is the best possible event“, he pointed out about this Forum, which will be the third after the editions that were held in Brazil and Morocco.
As for the places chosen for the meeting, the executive director confided to this agency that “together with the Human Rights Secretariat it was decided that they should be held at exEsma.”
“This is the third world forum that has been held, and although Argentina had planned it for 2016, at that time it did not want to do it,” said Gil Lozano, referring to a decision made by the Government of Mauricio Macri
“We are going to carry out the opening in the CCK, especially for a security issue. Especially after what happened with the attack on Cristina,” explained Gil Lozano.
consulted about political violence and its treatment in the Forum, Gil Lozano said that “it is one of the 26 axes that are scheduledas well as denialism and everything that the advance of these new ultra-right groups means”.
Regarding the modality of the debates, which will be open to civil society, it will be the commissions where the proposals will be made under the different thematic axes. So far there are 1,500 proposals and 26 axes, but another one can be added.
Gil Lozano added that “Ciudad Universitaria also offered its facilities that are very well equipped, for which some workshops and exhibitions will be held on that property” that depends on the UBA.
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The Unesco official also highlighted Argentina’s commitment to human rights, which is seen in the world as an example that made it possible to sentence those responsible for State Terrorism that was implemented in the 1970s.
“We have a long history on the subject, a path of advances and setbacks with what were the impunity laws, then the legal advance in trials against humanity. And that is why there is international recognition. Initially “Everything was framed within the slogans of ‘Memory, Truth and Justice’ and ‘Trial and Punishment of the Guilty.’ Today we have a broader concept of human rights,” said Gil Lozano.
At this point, he said that “for example, in Colombia, most of the disappeared detainees today are ecologists, for this reason Today, talking about human rights has to do with different issues, including the defense of the environment”.
Sources from the organization stated that among the topics that will be discussed in the Forum are issues such as the “Memory, Truth, Justice and guarantee of non-repetition policies; the right to identity, Human Rights Defenders; the right to peace and non-repetition violence, serious crimes of importance to the international community, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and security forces and human rights.
The Nobel Peace Prize, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and the head of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto will be the honorary presidents of the Organizing Committee of the Forum, which will be formed as a space for public debate on human rights in the world
Issues related to the Environment and Sustainable Development; Inclusive Social Development and Social Cohesion; Communication and Human Rights; right to science and access to knowledge; discrimination, xenophobia and racism; access to justice; right to land; communities and indigenous peoples; Human trafficking and migration and mobilitya, among other topics.
The Nobel Peace Prize, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and the head of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto will be the honorary presidents of the Organizing Committee of the Forum, which will be formed as a space for public debate on human rights in the world.
In the same way, “there will be important presences of authorities and representatives of the United Nations and Unesco,” it was reported.
Participation is open to all citizens and interested parties you can go to the website to register and be aware of what is happening around the subject.
The former president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff; the former president of Colombia, Ernesto Samper; the former president of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and members of the Puebla Group; and former judge Baltazar Garzón.
Also high government authorities and international human rights organizations in Africa, Europe and Latin America.
