[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN's Pillay: Preventing human rights violations is "a moral obligation"

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Pillay: Crimes against humanity being perpetrated in Iraq Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   August 25, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN's Pillay: Preventing human rights violations is "a moral obligation" Human rights are critical to resolving conflicts wherever they occur, writes Navi Pillay, United Nations human rights chief. "As the world's attention swerves from one crisis to another in this murderous summer of 2014, we must recognise that preventing human rights violations is not only a moral obligation -- it is in all our interests," she argues. 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