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International Center for Transitional Justice

In March 2012 the ICTJ Director of Research, Pablo de Greiff, was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council as its first Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantee of non-recurrence.

Moscow International Model United Nations

Moscow International Model UN – 2011 includes simulation of the following United Nations’ organs: General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, International Court of Justice, The First and The Second General Assembly Committees, Human Rights Council and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Universal Periodic Review

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) that emerged from the 2005 UN reform process.


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Human rights in Vanuatu

In 2009 the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) carried out Vanuatu's Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

Samwel Mohochi

Samwel Mukira Mohochi born on June 26, 1972 in Nairobi, Kenya is a Kenyan human rights activist and attorney with extensive legal experience on human rights litigation in national courts and international advocacy before treaty monitoring bodies and the United Nations Human Rights Council.