We would like to invite you to a landmark event at the Belfast Room in the Ulster Museum to mark Human Rights Day 2022 and to celebrate the partnership of the Ulster Museum and Conflict Textiles.

The event will begin at 10.30am on 9th December with tea/coffee and a musical performance by Victor Henriquez. There will be short presentations by Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Director of Amnesty International UK, and Dr. Lauren Dempster from the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast to set the context of Human Rights Day. We will then launch the film Conflict Textiles: A Landmark, which documents the history of the partnership between Conflict Textiles and the Ulster Museum leading to the transfer of 11 textiles to Ulster Museum. These arpilleras, quilts and wall hangings from Chile, Colombia, Peru, Northern Ireland, England, Nigeria and Catalonia depict a range of human rights issues from the perspectives of the makers and have been exhibited in a range of venues worldwide. The event will close with the opportunity to engage in a hands-on activity, dressing card templates of people in the materials of your choice, to be collated in a creative representation of your participation in marking Human Rights Day 2022. You are welcome to bring a scrap of material that has a special significance for you. All other materials will be provided.