"No country in the world can claim to be free of human rights violations." (Navi Pillay)
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, Geneva, 15 September 2009 - The High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addressed the autumn session of the Human Rights Council. In her remarks, she said that discrimination remains a scourge that affects every country, and that combating it had become one of her offices top priorities -- along with tackling impunity for attacks on civilians during armed conflict and other human rights violations. Pillay added that there are huge gaps between the lofty pledges made by States and the realities of daily life for many of their inhabitants. She noted that no country in the world can claim to be free of human rights violations. Pillay has just completed her first year at the helm of the UN human rights office. News Story: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/HCHighlightsOfficesPriorities.aspx
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