Film screening + panel discussion｜Norma - A Quest for Justice

Je 14.11.24 – 18h00
Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Maison de la paix
Gratuit, inscription : graduateinstitute.ch/events
Événement en anglais

This documentary tells the story of Norma Andrade, a Mexican mother, who became a human rights activist as she tried to bring to justice the perpetrators of the 2001 murder of her daughter in Ciudad Juárez. After 23 years of struggle, her case is now before the Inter-American Court. This will be her first and only chance to get a trial, and the second femicide case examined by the Court since 2019.

Welcome remarks
Brigitte Leoni, Film Director, Parva Productions
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Executive Director, Kofi Annan Foundation

This documentary film (2024, in Spanish with English subtitles) will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Corinne Momal-Vanian with:
Norma Andrade, Film Protagonist, and Co-Founder of Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa A.C., a Mexican non-profit association of mothers whose daughters have been victims of feminicide in Ciudad Juárez
Adriana Quinones, Head of Human Rights and Development and Deputy Head, UN Women Geneva Office
Claire Somerville, Lecturer, International Affairs, and Executive Director of the Gender Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute

Closing remarks
Representative of the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations in Geneva
Karla Micheel Salas Ramirez, Norma’s lawyer, and the director of the film will also be available for questions.

The screening is organised in partnership with the Kofi Annan Foundation, UN Women, Festival FILMAR en América Latina, The Edelstam Foundation and thanks to the support of Spotlight Initiative and the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations in Geneva.

Avec le soutien du Service Agenda 21-Ville durable de la Ville de Genève dans le cadre de la Campagne 25novembre-Genève.