The University of Queensland Social Change Lab in the School of Psychology in partnership with the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect invite you to attend a unique virtual reality experience and public seminar at The University of Queensland on Monday 23 March 2026.

VR Experience - Nobody's Listening: The Forgotten Voices of the Yazidis

Join us for an immersive, award-winning virtual reality experience. This 15-minute journey combines 360-degree documentary filmmaking, breathtaking artwork, and cutting-edge virtual reality technology.

Date: Monday 23 March 2026
Session times: 9am, 9:20am, 9:40am, 10am, 10:20am, 10:40am, 11am, 11:20am, 11:40am, 12:00pm, 12:20pm, 12:40pm, 1pm, 1:20pm, 1:40pm. Sessions run for 15 minutes, including a 5 minute briefing.
Location: Room 273, Level 2, Global Change Institute, UQ St Lucia

Please note: This experience creates a simulated environment that makes the viewer feel like they are actually in northern Iraq, and contains descriptions of sexual violence and killing. Viewers may find some of the stories and images in this VR experience disturbing. Age recommendation 16+. You can remove the headset at any point if you want to stop the VR experience.

We strongly recommend that if you are someone who has experienced the crimes committed by Da’esh, especially survivors of sexual violence, that you do not take part in the VR experience. It is highly likely to cause severe distress and can trigger post-traumatic stress symptoms.

Seminar - From Forgotten Voices to Shared Responsibility

This public seminar will include a condensed screening of Nobody’s Listening, followed by an engaging discussion on the current state of the Yazidi community and ongoing efforts to achieve justice and accountability for genocide survivors.

Expert insights will be provided by:

Mr Jeffrey Sizemore, the 2026 Mary Wing-Ming Lee Senior Human Rights Research Fellow
Mr Thikran Mato, a Yazidi genocide survivor, human rights activist, and Director of Nobody’s Listening
Associate Professor Melissa Curley, Deputy Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

Date: Monday 23 March 2026
Session time: 1:45pm for a 2pm – 3pm, followed by light refreshments
Location: Room 275, Level 2, Global Change Institute, UQ St Lucia

Enquiries:
Centre Manager, Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Telephone: +61 7 3346 6435
Email: r2pinfo@uq.edu.au

This event is brought to you by The University of Queensland Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Social Change Lab, Nobody's Listening, UpStream and You Belong.

Contact the host of Nobody's Listening: The Forgotten Voices of the Yazidis