The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945. Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova, President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers & Specialist Prosecutor’s Office introduced keynote speaker Professor Sands. She told how she became a jurist because she dreamt of a society where the rule of law prevails. Education about the Holocaust and preventing genocide: a policy guide, Recommendations for teaching and learning about the Holocaust, UNESCO Field Offices participate in global Holocaust commemoration, UNESCO pays tribute to victims of the Holocaust, UNESCO renews commitment to counter Holocaust denial and distortion, Auschwitz-Birkenau 75 years after: UNESCO Commemorates 75th anniversary of Nazi camp’s liberation, Advancing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities – ICCAR, Education for Sustainable Development Network, UNEVOC - International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, IIEP - International Institute for Educational Planning, ICTP - International Centre for Theoretical Physics, IICBA - International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa, IITE - Institute for Information Technologies in Education, IESALC - International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, MGIEP - Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, proclaimed, in november 2005, International Day, Programme of the event at UNESCO Headquarters, Protection of human rights : Procedure 104. See all the major attractions, get the best value, and experience Israel with our hand-picked guides. (…) It is thus our duty to fight against speeches, wherever they are made, that seek to deny the existence of the Holocaust, that minimize its scale, or that attempt to absolve the murderers and their accomplices of their crimes. Read more in Diplomatic Magazine: http://www.diplomatmagazine.eu/2020/01/29/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-the-hague/, © 2019 IHRD The Hague | All Rights Reserved, Lecture Prof. Philippe Sands on 27-01-2020. The Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020 started on the evening of Monday 20th Apr, 2020 (20/04/2020) and ended in the nightfall of Tuesday 21st Apr, 2020 (21/04/2020). The exhibition was developed by the Wiener Library, the House of the Wannsee Conference and the Touro College, Berlin. Prince Charles delivered a moving speech at the World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem in Israel on ...search.yahoo.com, When we arrived to our streets, I was exactly five and a half years old. Events will include an academic conference and commemoration ceremony on 22 January 2020 at UNESCO Headquarters as well as exhibitions in Paris and UNESCO Field Office around the world. Der Internationale Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des Holocaust (International Holocaust Remembrance Day) am 27. Commemoration events for Memorial Day for Victims of the Holocaust and of Racial Violence in Slovakia 08.09.2020 On 9 September 2020, Slovakia commemorates the Memorial Day for Victims of the Holocaust and of Racial Violence. Who will be allowed to speak? 1257, February 6, 2020 The fifth World Holocaust Forum was held in Jerusalem on January 23, 2020, with the participation of... Read more “I am here”: Holocaust survivors mark Auschwitz liberation Will Putin sit next to Pence? The Ambassador of Israel, H.E. The subsequent evening program was inaugurated by Noga Butensky, chairwoman of the museum, and Judith Stelmach, project manager of FES Israel, in front of the well-filled auditorium of the Beit Lohamei Haghetaot. Director of Auschwitz Museum slams holding of World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, Piotr Cywinski accuses organizers of trying to replace annual ceremony in Poland; fumes that ‘it’s simply so provocative and immature that I do not find the words to comment on it’, Warning Iran, PM says lesson of Auschwitz is to confront evil when it’s small, In TV interview, Netanyahu warns Islamic Republic is en route to nuclear arms and needs to be stopped, calls for ‘concrete sanctions’ against International Criminal Court, World War II was caused by hatred of Jews, preeminent Holocaust scholar says, Yehuda Bauer says it’s ‘unfortunate’ Poland’s Duda will skip Auschwitz memorial, argues current rise in anti-Semitism is due to ‘nationalist revival’ following mass immigration, Ukrainian parliament commemorates Holocaust for the first time, At memorial ceremony, lawmaker says genocide by Nazis ‘was a disaster not only for the Jewish people but for the whole world and specifically the Ukrainian people’, Already a member?