UN holds workshops on documenting human rights abuses for Pacific NGOs

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Updated November 9, 2009 10:49:44

The regional Office for the Pacific of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), is running two workshop this month on how to improve the monitoring and documenting of human rights abuses. While the focus is on violence against women and torture, participants are being invited to discuss other forms of abuses they have encountered, such as depriving children of education and poor access to health faciltities.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Matilda Bogner, Regional Representative for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Pacific

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