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Fellowship programme for people of African descent

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What is the Fellowship programme? The Fellowship programme for people of African descent is an intensive human rights training for people of African descent, from the diaspora, who are engaged in...

Statement by Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the occasion of the presentation of the ILGA “LGBTI Friend of the Year” award and 2014 State-Sponsored Homophobia report and the Panel on International Human Rights Law and Sexual Orientation

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Geneva, 30 May 2014 Excellencies, Distinguished Friends, Thank you for honouring me with this award. I am indeed an LGBTI friend. Like the Secretary-General of the United Nations, I am convinced that...

Open wounds: torture and ill-treatment in Syria

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A new thematic paper produced by the UN Human Rights Office on torture in Syria highlights horrific accounts from victims of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by Government forces and some armed opposition groups.