Missing in Conflict – An Evening of Art, Testimony and Policy
On 21 April 2026, the Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom, in partnership with the British Red Cross, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the University of Bath hosted an event dedicated to humanitarian engagement, international law and people missing during armed conflicts and other situations of violence.
Alongside powerful voices of advocacy and testimony, including representatives from the UK, Switzerland and the United Nations, the event featured an art exhibition from Abstract Painter and Fellow at the University of Bath, Chantal Meza, illustrating the important role that art can play – in conversation with policy – to address the pressing issue of missing persons.
Platforms for dialogue, networks of expertise, and institutional memory sustain us through challenging periods, which is why Geneva’s multilateral forums, and collaborations like these, matter more than ever.