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This beat covers individual rights and inclusion for minorities, marginalized people, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and IDPs.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) and UN General Assembly President Philémon Yang (centre) participate in the High-Level Political Dialogue on Reparatory Justice during the Africa Dialogue Series 2025 at UN Headquarters in New York.
Human Rights

Justice can’t wait: Africa’s push for reparative justice takes center stage

Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, stands as a powerful symbol of the transatlantic slave trade.
Human Rights

UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent

The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent said during the forum’s fourth meeting.
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Investing in youth to counter hate speech

Hate speech International Day for Countering Hate Speech is marked on 18 June annually to promote dialogue and tolerance.
The cover illustration of Claver Irakoze's book, 'That Child is Me.'
Human Rights

Claver Irakoze: Bridging Generations Through the Memory of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

Rwandan Genocide The delicate balance of telling the next generation about a tragedy that shook the world, through the eyes of a survivor.

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Ernest Rwamucyo (Right), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations
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Lessons post the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: we must speak out against discrimination and prejudice

Clementine Nkweta-Salami, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Sudan, visits Wad Sherife camp in Kassala, the Sudan, July 2023.
Human Rights

The United Nations Is not leaving the Sudan

Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire, an epidemiologist and public health specialist in Butembo.

UN salutes real-life heroes doing ‘extraordinary things, in extraordinary times’

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When disasters strike, they are ‘the first to respond and the last to leave’

Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre

Genocide happens when democracy is absent

—Tali Nates, Founder and Executive Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre

The Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre sheds light on the holocaust and the genocide.

Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre: Using the past to protect the present and future

Mrs. Marianna Vardinoyannis, laureate Mandela Prize 2020

“It is worth fighting for even one child’s life”

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— Mrs. Marianna Vardinoyannis, Mandela Prize Laureate 2020

Ambassador Jerry Matjila is South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN

“We are delighted with Mandela Prize 2020 laureates”

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— South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Jerry Matjila

Thousands of refugees and migrants suffer extreme rights abuses on journeys to Africa’s Mediterranean coast

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Humanitarian Needs Grow as Burkina Faso Faces Unprecedented Level of Internal Displacement

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Dr. Morissanda Kouyaté, laureate Mandela Prize 2020

“I will continue fighting FGM to protect women and girls”

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— Dr. Morissanda Kouyaté, Mandela Prize Laureate 2020

The statue of Nelson Mandela gifted to the UN by South Africa.

‘Inequality defines our time’: UN Chief António Guterres' hard-hitting 2020 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture

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Held on Mandela’s birthday (18th July) the lecture series invites prominent personalities to discuss major international challenges

IOM continues to provide registration, coordination of humanitarian activities.

COVID-19: UN relief chief urges G20 to step up to avert ‘cascading crises’ in fragile countries

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Doctor Morissana Kouyaté, Guinea, is co-winner of the 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

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The Saleema initiative

Sudan bans female genital mutilation, UNICEF vows to help support new law

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