Human Rights Ambassador, François Zimeray, will visit Baghdad from Saturday, February 6 to Monday, February 8, 2010, in order to meet with the Iraqi authorities to discuss developments in the human rights situation in Iraq. They will, in particular, address the issues relating to detainees in Iraqi prisons, refugees and the death penalty. Through this visit, France aims to support and encourage the efforts undertaken by the Iraqis since the fall of Saddam Hussein to promote and protect human rights.
François Zimeray will also attend the first "Aladdin Project" event at the French Cultural Center in Baghdad; French cultural centers abroad are being mobilized for this project. Such events are also scheduled to take place in our cultural establishments in Cairo, Rabat, Casablanca, Istanbul, Tunis, Amman, etc. This project aims to increase awareness of the Holocaust throughout the world by translating certain major works, including Primo Levi's "If This is a Man."