On 24 March 2021, Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Coalition for Genocide Response organised a webinar marking the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims.

The International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims aims to honour the memory of victims of gross and systematic human rights violations and promote the importance of the right to truth and justice. It also aims to pay tribute to those who have devoted their lives to and lost their lives in the struggle to promote and protect human rights for all.

The panellists discussed the important role journalists and witnesses who speak up play in protecting the human rights of all.

Speakers included:

Lord Alton of Liverpool, Cross-bench Peer, Patron of the Coalition for Genocide Response

Alex Crawford OBE, Special Correspondent for Sky News.

Watch it here:

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