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On 1 March, Polish human rights defender Danuta Przywara, Chairperson of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, will be one of four civil society representatives to address heads of state and dignitaries at the opening high-level segment of the UN Human Rights Council.

When: Thursday, 23. March 2017 To: Friday, 31. March 2017 Where: Kyiv More info: docudays.org.ua/eng/

For the eleventh time Brussels will see the documentary films of the international One World Festival.

May 17 was created in 2004 to draw the attention of policymakers, opinion leaders, social movements, the public and the media to the violence and discrimination experienced by LGBTI people internationally.

International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women.

One World is one of the cornerstones of the People in Need organisation. It promotes documentary film making for human rights causes.

Where: Prague, Czech Republic Contact: (

Highlights include the presentation of the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, appointment of the new mandate holder for the position of Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and the High Commissioner for Human Right’s oral report on Ukraine.

Human Rights Human Wrongs is an annual documentary film festival in Oslo that sheds light on human rights issues. For six days in mid February, it presents new documentaries from all parts of the world, together with debates, concerts, seminars, workshops and performances at a handful of venues in Oslo.