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 Prakash Mohara, a participant in the Minorities Fellowship Prog
Prakash Mohara, a participant in the UN Human Rights office Minorities Fellowship Programme, is a member of Nepal’s Dalit minority, a group which he says suffers discrimination, violence and exclusion
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Prakash Mohara from Nepal: campaigning against caste-based discrimination

Prakash Mohara, a Dalit from Nepal, recently spent five weeks in Geneva, taking part in the UN Human Rights office Minorities Fellowship Programme.
 
Mohara will use the knowledge and experience he gained as a Fellow in his campaign to ensure justice and equal rights for the Dalit community in Nepal, where, at every level, Dalits suffer violence, discrimination and exclusion, he says.


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 Liberian women © UNMIL/Kanalstein

Promoting women’s rights in conflict and post-conflict situations

Access to justice, equal participation of women in peacebuilding, economic opportunities for women in post conflict situations and violence are some of the challenges faced by women in conflict and post-conflict situations.



 A Somali boy looks at his IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camp from top of a building in war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia. © 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.



Human Rights in the news 

Alarm on land mega-projects
South-East Asia: “Don’t sideline the rights of communities whose ways of life depend on their natural environments,” warn UN experts on food and indigenous peoples.

Postponed - visit to Libya
The country visit to Libya by the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries (21-25 May 2012) has been postponed due to technical reasons.

A ‘Healthvision’ for Azerbaijan
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, urges the Government of Azerbaijan to increase health expenditure up to international standards.

Tajikistan / Right to health
UN Special Rapporteur Anand Grover launches an official mission to make an independent assessment of the realization of the right to health in Tajikistan (24 May to 1 June).

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.

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