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Human Rights and the UN
Safeguarding human rights
Nations hoped to build a body that would protect the vulnerable and end conflict.
UN who?
Video: 'I was trafficked'
Video: Torture speaks
More harm than good?
Interview: Navanethem Pillay
Interview: Adrian Edwards
Interview: John Dugard
Timeline: Human Rights Conventions
Activists fight female circumcision
However, medical acceptance of the procedure is an obstacle to change in Egypt.
Human rights eroding, analysts warn
The war on terror and flagrant violations have undermined the Universal Declaration.
A convergence of ideas
Video: The fear of strangers
Video: Planting progress in Kenya
Video: Spain's human rights caravan
Mozambique fights human trafficking
Voices: Displaced in DR Congo
 
 IN PICTURES
Unicef in Southern Sudan