In Focus
Human Rights
This beat covers individual rights and inclusion for minorities, marginalized people, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and IDPs.
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.
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.
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.
We must do more to prevent genocide
Rwandan Genocide
UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Ms. Alice W. Nderitu, joins Rwandans, others in commemorating 30 years since genocide against the Tutsi.
—Tali Nates, Founder and Executive Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre
— Mrs. Marianna Vardinoyannis, Mandela Prize Laureate 2020
Held on Mandela’s birthday (18th July) the lecture series invites prominent personalities to discuss major international challenges
