Sigrid Kaag Opens Amsterdam Human Rights Weekend 2019

(Amsterdam) – Sigrid Kaag, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, will be keynote speaker at the seventh edition of the Human Rights Weekend (7-10 February 2019) at De Balie in Amsterdam. The weekend is presented by Human Rights Watch, De Balie, and partners. On opening night, Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director Kenneth Roth will also discuss pressing human rights issues. “I am proud to invite everyone to the 7th Human Rights Weekend in Amsterdam, featuring documentary and dramatic films, debates and photography about human rights,” says Katrien van de Linde, Netherlands…

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