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The FIFDH is a foundation steered by a Board comprising a minimum five members tasked with shaping the Festival\u2019s strategy and overseeing its ongoing growth. Two advisory circles and a thematic committee also play integral roles in sustaining the Festival\u2019s existence.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Barbara
Hendricks<\/div>\n
Soprano and activist<\/div>\n

Barbara Hendricks has performed on <\/span>has graced the world’s most prestigious opera stages, performing under the direction of leading conductors of our time. After almost 20 years of tireless service to the cause of refugees in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, she received the title of Honorary Life Ambassador of the UNHCR. <\/span>Barbara Hendricks has been a frequent participant in the FIFDH and has served as a patron of the festival for numerous years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Gael
Garc\u00eda Bernal<\/div>\n
Actor and director<\/div>\n

Mexican actor and director, Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal has worked with renowned directors such as Pedro Almod\u00f3var, Michel Gondry, Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n and Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu. As an activist, he is committed to safeguarding <\/span>democracy and human rights by defending the cause of migrants and indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n

He is also the founder of the festival\u00a0Ambulante Gira de documentales<\/i>. Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal has participated twice in the FIFDH: in 2016, he spoke at an accomodation centre for migrant people in Geneva. In 2018, alongside Mexican activists, he denounced impunity in Mexico on the Festival stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Abigail
Disney<\/div>\n
Filmmaker, producer, philanthropist and activist<\/div>\n

Filmmaker, producer, philanthropist and passionate activist, Abigail Disney has devoted <\/span>her life to social justice, peace processes and women\u2019s empowerment. In 2009, she founded<\/span> Fork Films, and produced the series\u00a0Women, War and Peace, Citizen Koch<\/i>, critiquing <\/span>the Tea Party,\u00a0The Invisible War<\/i>, which denounced sexual abuse in the army, and\u00a0Cameraperson<\/i>, awarded the Oscar for the Best Documentary. <\/span>She has publicly criticized<\/span> the tax cuts she will benefit from in the United States, as well as the misogyny and racism of her great uncle, Walt Disney. In 2018, Abigail Disney she served as President of the FIFDH Documentary Jury.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Rithy
Panh<\/div>\n
Director, producer, screenwriter and editor<\/div>\n

Cambodian filmmaker, Rithy Panh is renowned <\/span>for his films\u00a0Les gens de la rizi\u00e8re<\/i>,\u00a0La Terre des \u00e2mes errantes<\/i>,\u00a0S21<\/i>,\u00a0Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0L\u2019Image manquante<\/i>.<\/p>\n

A survivor of the Khmer Rouge labour camps, he went into exile in 1979 in Thailand and arrived in France in 1980 where he graduated from IDHEC in 1985. His work is imbued with the memory and pain of genocide survivors. A frequent<\/span> guest at the FIFDH, Rithy Panh presented on numerous occasions<\/span> : Exile<\/i>\u00a0in 2017 and\u00a0Les Tombeaux sans noms<\/i>\u00a0in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Ruth
Dreifuss<\/div>\n
“Parti socialiste” member and former federal councillor<\/div>\n

Ruth Dreifuss was the first woman elected President of the Swiss Confederation in 1999. From 1993 to 2002, she served as the <\/span>Federal Councillor and head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n

Ruth Dreifuss remains <\/span>active in several non-governmental and international organisations<\/span>, including the World Commission on Drug Policy and the International Commission against the Death Penalty. A loyal guest of FIFDH g, Ruth Dreifuss has participated in the festival on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Feu S\u00e9rgio
Vieira de Mello<\/div>\n
Brazilian international civil servant<\/div>\n

Brazilian diplomat, S\u00e9rgio Vieira de Mello was appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2002. S\u00e9rgio Vieira de Mello was tragically killed by a suicide attack in August 2003 in Baghdad. Prior to his untimely death, he served as the first patron of the FIFDH in March 2003 and <\/span>stated: \u201cI am delighted with this initiative to create the first Human Rights Film Festival in Geneva, just as I encourage every effort to promote respect for human rights in all circumstances and in all societies. May this Festival bring this message to Geneva, one of the cradles of human rights, and beyond.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3945,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5096","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5096"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26751,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5096\/revisions\/26751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}