ISLAMABAD: The third edition of the film festival: ‘Human Rights through Cinematography 2017’ was inaugurated on Thursday at the Embassy of Switzerland in Islamabad. At the event, the film ‘Impasse’ was screened. It features the plight of those who suffer from various forms of exploitation at the hands of human traffickers. HE Thomas Kolly, ambassador of Switzerland to Pakistan and Luis Enrique Calzada, the executive officer, Department of Public Information from UN Headquarters in New York, shared with the participants the objectives of the film festival and highlighted the role of the cinematography in raising awareness about human rights issues around the world. After the screening, a panel of human rights experts, including Davide Tarzi, chief of mission of IOM, César Guedes, representative of UNODC, MNA Romina Khursheed Alam and Rukshanda Naz, eExecutive director, ?Legal Aid and Awareness Services interacted with the participants and discussed the issues of human trafficking and stressed the need of protecting people from falling into the situations of exploitation and violations of human rights. Kaneez Fatima Kassim, a senior development expert moderated the panel discussion.