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Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO and Abdoul Aziz Thioye, Director ad interim of the United Nations Human Rights Joint Office pay tribute to human rights activists Kinshasa, 10 December 2014 – “Human rights activists are the…
The grassroots sensitization campaign of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) was held in the village of Tahiraguhe (a dozen km from Daloa) on 9 December 2014 to promote peace and national reconciliation. Members of the…
On 10 December 2014, some 700 people attended a cultural event organized by the African Union- United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Tina, North Darfur, to disseminate the culture of peace. The event, held under the…
On 10 December 2014, a three-month vocational training for 120 youth, women and persons with disabilities, funded by UNAMID’s Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Section, started in El Fasher, North Darfur.The…
On Human Rights Day we speak out. We denounce authorities who deny the rights of any person or group. We declare that human rights are for all of us, all the time: whoever we are and wherever we are from; no matter our class…
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KABUL - During the past two weeks leading to Human Rights Day, United Nations-backed radio broadcasts, television debates and theatre performances focused on the critical importance of protecting Afghan women and girls from…
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9 December 2014 - The world celebrates International Human Rights Day, like every year, on Wednesday, 10 December, under the theme "All Human Rights, for All People, Every Day". "For many people in Guinea-Bissau, this is not…
As part of its Darfur-wide campaign "No Child soldiers- Protect Darfur", on 9 December 2014, UNAMID together with the Ministry of Social Affairs, Sudan DDR Commission and UNICEF, visited a centre for former child soldiers…
9 December 2014 Corruption is a global phenomenon that strikes hardest at the poor, hinders inclusive economic growth and robs essential services of badly needed funds. From cradle to grave, millions are touched by corruption…
Some 20 members of NGOs, the Legal Clinic and government agencies in the Tonkpi region on 7 December 2014 ended a 3-day training course on legal proceedings against perpetrators of sexual violence organized by the UN…
9 December 2014 - To promote a safe environment in its protection sites, UNMISS today destroyed weapons recovered from internally displaced people (IDPs) in Juba over the last 12 months. Speaking to witnesses, including…
Women traders of Carrefour quarters in Lakota, 244 km north-west of Abidjan, have been bearing a grudge against one another which aggravated during the 2010 post electoral crisis and led to the death of two people. In a bid…