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United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, during the first-ever visit by someone in his post to the country ➡️ u.afp.com/5vE2
January 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Even the G20 now recognizes that inequality is a serious global problem, but efforts to address it are failing miserably. I team up w/ Gene Leon, ED of Development Bank for Resilient Prosperity, in a new oped to propose a development model that centers ppl & planet opiniojuris.org/2025/01/13/n...
Nations Should Boldly Redefine Development Approach
[Gene Leon is Executive Director of the Development Bank for Resilient Prosperity and former director of the Caribbean Development Bank. Sarah Saadoun is a senior economic development and rights re…
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January 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, for the first ever visit of the global body's rights chief to the country reut.rs/4heqyZc
UN rights chief arrives in Syria for first ever visit
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ever visit of the global body's rights chief to the country.
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January 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM