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International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
https://glade.org/international-day-of-the-victims-of-enforced-disappearances/"On this International Day, I call on States to acknowledge that family members and friends of the disappeared are also victims, and to guarantee their right to full protection from any form of reprisals. Let us all show solidarity with the victims and their relatives...
Bertha Oliva (Tulip Laureate 2010) COFADEH Enforced Disappearances HONDURAS
The Honduran human rights activist Bertha Oliva de Nativí struggles with her organization COFADEH against the impunity and violations of Human Rights. COFADEH gives legal and social support, does research and gathers documentation. The...
Human Rights In Two Minutes
This incredible 2-minute animation will tell you everything you need to know about your human rights and why they matter. Seerightsinfo.org for more. Narrated by Tim Key Directed by Cub Studio Produced by Yoav Segal & Cub Studio Concept...
"On this International Day against Nuclear Tests, I call on the world to summon a sense of solidarity commensurate with the urgent need to end the dangerous impasse on this issue." — UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon Since nuclear weapons testing began in the...
http://www.cnduk.org/ CND campaigns non-violently to achieve British nuclear disarmament – for scrapping the Trident nuclear weapons system and preventing its replacement. But we recognise that Britain’s nuclear weapons are only a small part of the problem, so we also...
http://www.theatomproject.org/en/ The ATOM Project is an international campaign designed to do more than create awareness surrounding the human and environmental devastation caused by nuclear weapons testing. The ATOM Project hopes to affect real and lasting change by...
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/slave-trade-and-its-abolitionMessage from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO In the night of 22 to 23 August 1791, men and women, torn from Africa and sold into slavery, revolted against the slave system to obtain freedom and independence for Haiti, gained in 1804. The uprising was a...
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, August 23 of each year, the day designated by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade. That date was chosen by the adoption of resolution 29 C/40 by the Organization's General...
"World Humanitarian Day is an annual reminder of the need to act to alleviate the suffering. It is also an occasion to honour the humanitarian workers and volunteers toiling on the frontlines of crises. I pay tribute to these dedicated women and men who brave danger...
World Humanitarian Day
World Humanitarian Day is a day dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have lost their lives working for humanitarian causes. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly as part of a Swedish-sponsored GA Resolution A/63/L.49 on the...
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