On 30th June 2025, Human Rights Now will hold a side event to the 59th session of the Human Rights Council titled “From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the Marshall Islands and Fukushima～80 Years of Nuclear Displacement as a Persistent Human Rights Challenge” at the United Nations（Palais de Nations）in Geneva.
Date: 30th June 2025
Time: 2pm – 3pm (CET) /9pm – 10 pm (JST)/12am – 1am (MHT)
Format: In-person/Online hybrid
Venue: Palais de Nations, Room XXV
Address: 14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva
Registration: Click here
Organized by: Human Rights Now
Co-Sponsored by: Peace Boat
Program
Opening remarks by: Doreen de Brum, Ambassador of Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Speakers:
- Paula Gaviria Betancur (video): Current Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons
- National Nuclear Commission (video)：Independent statutory body established to lead initiatives for nuclear justice in the Marshall Islands
- Raphael Pangalangan: Human Rights Officer of OHCHR
- Krishnan Raghavan: Human Rights Officer of OHCHR
- Jiro Hamasumi (video): Secretary General of Nihon Hidankyo-2024 Nobel Peace Prize- winning organization
- Cecilia Jimenez-Damary (video): Former Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons
- Mitsuko Sonoda: Fukushima evacuee and human rights activist
Moderator: Calvin Queant: Human Rights Now Geneva/Europe Director