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 Children at the protection of civilians (POC) site in Malakal town, South Sudan. UN Photo/Isaac Gideon
Children at the protection of civilians (POC) site in Malakal town, South Sudan
UN Photo/Isaac Gideon

Atrocities will end in South Sudan only when perpetrators 'face consequences' – UN rights official

“This is a war that has been waged against the men, women and children of South Sudan,” said the UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights, Andrew Gilmour, as he wrapped up a four-day visit to country. “And the only way of ending this onslaught, will be when the perpetrators face consequences for what they are doing.”

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 Eleanor Roosevelt with the Spanish language version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. © UN Photo

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights now available in more than 500 languages and dialects

The OHCHR collection of the world’s most translated document includes versions ranging from the most widely spoken languages to nearly extinct languages and dialects.



 A wall of photos at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the site of infamous Security Prison S-21, documents the Khmer Rouge's brutal treatment of detainees. ©UN Photo/Mark Garten

A decade on, UN urges all Governments to endorse convention on enforced disappearance

Marking the tenth anniversary of an historic treaty to keep people from suffering enforced disappearance or secret detentions, the UN urged all Governments that have not done so to ratify it, as the world body honoured victims separated from their loved ones.



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