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OHCHR Human Rights Programme for Africa
2008-2009

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NEW ! Establishment of the Human Rights Resource Centre at the Oliver Tambo Law Library, University of Pretoria, South Africa

18 August 2011: Publication: 'la justice transitionnelle: une voie vers la reconciliation et la construction d'une paix durable', Conference paper 1/2011, Dealing with the past.

Bi-monthly publication on human rights and democracy in the sub region:
September 2011
July 2011

10 years at the service of Central Africa

Country Mandates Established
by the CHR/HRC

Open invitation to Special Procedures

Regional Members of the Human Rights Council:

Angola 2013
Benin 2014
Botswana 2014
Burkina Faso 2014
Cameroon 2012
Congo 2014
Djibouti 2012
Mauritius 2012
Nigeria 2012
Senegal 2012
Uganda 2013

Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

Publications

	OHCHR Report 2012 (PDF)
	OHCHR Management Plan 2012-2013 (PDF)
	Human Rights in Action (PDF)
	A Handbook for Civil Society (PDF)

Establishment of the Human Rights Resource Centre at the Oliver Tambo Law Library, University of Pretoria, South Africa

On 10 February 2012, the Regional Office for Southern Africa of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (ROSA) launched a Human Rights Resource Centre at the Oliver Tambo Law Library at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The inauguration ceremony took place on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Class of the LLM in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa, hosted by the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria.

Oliver Tambo Law Library
Human Rights Centre

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Feature stories
Ending impunity for homophobic killings
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Establishment of the Human Rights Resource Centre at the Oliver Tambo Law Library, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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