EXHIBITION

From 7 October 2023 to 28 January 2024 in Liège, La Cité Miroir is hosting the international Cartooning for Peace network for an exhibition of press cartoons questioning the state of human rights here and elsewhere:

Enjeux humains.

With humour, impertinence, emotion and sometimes seriousness, well-known European press cartoonists such as Kroll (Belgium), Cost. (Belgium), Lectrr (Belgium), Cécile Bertrand (Belgium), Marec (Belgium), Vadot (Belgium), Plantu (France), Kak (France), Chappatte (Switzerland), Joep Bertrams (Netherlands) or Carrilho (Portugal) and international colleagues such as Côté (Canada), Ann Telnaes (United States), Boligán (Mexico), Gado (Kenya), Willis from Tunis (Tunisia), Zapiro (South Africa), Kichka (Israel), Mana Neyestani (Iran), Stellina (Taiwan) and many others, depict world news.

With over a hundred cartoons, these press cartoonists sketch, question and celebrate the major themes of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which celebrates its 75th anniversary on 10 December. Democracy, gender equality, social rights, freedom of the press, peace, migration, education, health: the exhibition showcases the fundamental rights that are essential to our societies, yet are still flouted every day throughout the world. In an entertaining, educational and committed way, it shows that this 1948 text remains an ideal to be attained, but it also invites us to move forward by questioning new rights that are essential today and tomorrow, such as those linked to the digital age and the environment.

The Centre d’Action Laïque de la Province de Liège invited Cartooning for Peace to affirm their shared ideals of defending fundamental freedoms and democracy.

A creation of the Centre d’Action Laïque de la Province de Liège and Cartooning for Peace presented in French, Dutch, English and German.

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OPENING

• Press conference – Friday 6 October at 11am

On 6 October, to mark the opening of the “Enjeux humains” exhibition, the Centre d’Action Laïque de la Province de Liège and Cartooning for Peace are organising a press conference at 11am, followed by a tour of the exhibition, in the presence of Joep Bertrams (Netherlands), Cécile Bertrand (Belgium), Cost. (Belgium), Kak (France), Kroll (Belgium) and Willis from Tunis (Tunisia).

• Round-table “Defending human rights with pencils” – Friday 6 October at 6pm

Through humour, emotion and critical thinking, press cartoons depict and invite us to reflect on the current state of our world. In a society constantly faced with new political, economic, technological and climatic challenges, how do these professionals of the image and irreverence see their profession and their essential role in the defence of human rights, a fight that is more modern than ever?

The Centre d’Action Laïque de la Province de Liège is inviting the public to talk to cartoonists from the Cartooning for Peace network at the “Enjeux humains” exhibition at La Cité Miroir.

With the participation of :

• Joep Bertrams (Netherlands)
• Cécile Bertrand (Belgium)
• Cost. (Belgium)
• Kak (France)
• Kroll (Belgium)
• Vadot (Belgium)
• Willis from Tunis (Tunisia)

Moderator: Marc Vanesse

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PRESS COVERAGE:

• Pierre Kroll, Plantu, …: des dessinateurs de renom à Liège pour les 75 ans de la Déclaration des Droits de l’homme – Sudinfo (in French)
• Des dessinateurs de renom à Liège pour les 75 ans de la Déclaration des Droits de l’homme – RTBF (in French)
• Des dessinateurs de renom à Liège pour les 75 ans de la Déclaration des Droits de l’homme – Belga (in French)
• La Cité Miroir à Liège accueille l’exposition de dessins de presse du réseau Cartooning for Peace : l’événement débutera finalement le 7 octobre – Sudinfo (in French)
• Une caricature de Côté choisie pour une expo internationale – Le Soleil (in French)
• Défendre les droits humains à coups de crayons – Que faire (in French)
• Enjeux Humains à la Cité Miroir : quand le dessin défend les Droits Humains. – TodayinLiege (in French)
• L’actu en dessin : hommage à la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’Homme – France 24 (in French)
• Exposition Enjeux Humain à la Cité Miroir à Liège, Interview du dessinateur Kak, président de Cartooning for Peace – La Libre (in French)
• “Enjeux Humains”, la nouvelle exposition de la Cité Miroir qui interroge l’état des Droits Humains – RTBF (in French)
• Droits humains ou dessins d’humour ? – Quatremille (in French)
• Une exposition sur le dessin de presse et les droits humains à la Cité Miroir de Liège – Flair (in French)
• Quand le dessin de presse sublime la Déclaration des droits de l’homme – DH (in French)
• Deux semaines d’actualité à travers la caricature – avec N. Vadot et J. Dohet – Que faire (in French)
• “Enjeux Humains” : Des dessins pour questionner l’état des Droits Humains dans le monde – RTC (in French)
• L’exposition de dessins de presse a ouvert ses portes à la Cité Miroir à Liège – Sudinfo (in French)