Date and Time: 6 March, 14:00 for a 14:30 start. The event ends at 17:00
Venue: Committee Room 4a, Houses of Parliament
Activists, judges, lawyers and artists will join together to show solidarity with the countless courageous women in Afghanistan, Iran and elsewhere who are demanding equality and rights at great risk of their lives and to call on the international community to fulfil its common legal responsibility to recognise gender apartheid as a crime against humanity. The afternoon is chaired by Helena Kennedy KC. Panellists are actress Ariane Hejazi, former senior judge in the Supreme Court of Afghanistan and head of the Violence against Women Court Fawzia Amini, former Afghan civil judge Ferozan Easar Qasimi, One Law for All Spokesperson Maryam Namazie and Co-Founder of Project Resist Pragna Patel. There will also be screenings of The Red Suitcase (Short 2022), Rise (short 2023) and Bread and Roses (Trailer 2024), a Daf performance by percussionist Sara Fotros and music by Kurdish/Alevi singer Suna Alan. The event is sponsored by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, One Law for All and Project Resist.
Tickets are available here.