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 A Somali boy looks at his IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camp from top of a building in war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia. © EPA/DAI KUROKAWA
The agreement signed between Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government and the UN includes the protection and promotion of the rights of particularly vulnerable groups, women, children, internally displaced people and journalists
© EPA/DAI KUROKAWA

Somalia’s Prime Minister: We are committed to human rights

The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia commits to improving human rights by 2015, signing a landmark agreement on technical assistance with the UN.
 
The agreement encompasses seven key human rights objectives including protecting the most vulnerable groups in Somali society, women, children, internally displaced persons, and journalists, and strengthening the rule of law and administration of justice.


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 UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay met women from Jonglei state, in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan © UNMIS photo

Human Rights Chief Pillay visits the world’s newest State: South Sudan

On a visit to the world’s newest State, South Sudan, Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay urges the Government to ratify all of the main human rights treaties.



 The Commissioners and President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo © OHCHR Togo

Healing the wounds of the past for a better future in Togo

The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Togo releases its final report on half a century of political violence in that country.



Human Rights in the news 

Probe on use of mercenaries
United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries will visit to Libya to assess allegations of the use of mercenaries during the recent conflict (21-25 May).

Who and what shapes the Internet?
“It is crucial to address who and what shapes the Internet today,” says United Nations Special Rapporteur on cultural rights, Farida Shaheed.

Pakistan: independence of judiciary
United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries will visit to Libya to assess allegations of the use of mercenaries during the recent conflict (21-25 May).

"Hunger amidst plenty"
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, urges Canada to adopt a national food strategy to eradicate “hunger amidst plenty.”

Pillay to visit Zimbabwe
Navi Pillay will carry out the first mission ever by a UN Human Rights chief to Zimbabwe from 20 -25 May.

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