<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sarah Rattray</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sarah.rattray@undp.org">sarah.rattray@undp.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"> <a href="mailto:humanrights-talk@groups.undp.org">humanrights-talk@groups.undp.org</a><br>
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<strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">19 NOV 2010 / WORLD TOILET DAY: </span></strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt"><span> </span>On the occasion of World Toilet Day, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights said sanitation is ‘a largely neglected topic’, despite the fact that 2.6 billion people do not have access to improved sanitation and ‘over a billion people still have no option but to practice open defecation. Sanitation is fundamental for human survival and for leading a life in dignity. The Committee also noted that lack of sanitation has a significant negative impact on education, especially for girls: ‘Girls and boys do not attend school because they fall prey to diseases caused by inadequate sanitation. Moreover, girls do not go to school in many parts of the world for lack of toilets, or lack of separate toilets for them.’ The statement was welcomed by the UN Independent Expert on water and sanitation, Ms. De Albuquerque stating ‘The sanitation crisis is one of the direst challenges of our time… States must create an enabling environment to ensure access to sanitation’. The right to sanitation is an essential component of the right to an adequate standard of living, enshrined in article 11 of the ICESCR. <strong>Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6567/0/" target="_blank">here</a> <span style="line-height:115%;color:black;font-size:9.5pt">and access the CESCR statement <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6568/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></strong></span>
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<span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt"><strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">25 NOV 2010 / INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: </span></strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">highlights the role the business community can play – from developing projects to providing direct financial support to organizations working to end violence and embracing the principles of corporate social responsibility. The message from the Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, highlighted the UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign, and the Network of Men Leaders launched in 2009 which have generated welcome momentum and engagement. Navi Pillay, the High Commmissioner for Human Rights stated ‘The international legal and policy framework for eliminating discrimination against women is well-developed, but there is a wide gulf between the standards set, and actual practice at the national and local level. States have the primary responsibility to protect their women, and in most cases are clearly not doing enough. We need more recruits, men as well as women, to turn the internationally accepted standards into reality, to hammer away at social, cultural and state acceptance of violence and discrimination until … violence against women is seen like, and treated like, a human rights violation with far-reaching consequences on both individuals and societies. <strong>Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6569/0/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6570/0/" target="_blank">here</a></strong></span></span> [<span style="line-height:115%;color:black;font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6571/0/" target="_blank"><strong>ES</strong></a>]<strong>.</strong></span>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong>30 NOV 2010 / JUDGEMENT / RIGHT TO EDUCATION / ECOWAS COURT ORDERS NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION TO EVERY NIGERIAN CHILD</strong></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> [Contributed with thanks by Julia Kercher, UNDP NY]<strong>: </strong>The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered the Nigerian government to provide a right of free and compulsory education to every Nigerian child, following the court’s earlier ruling that declared that all Nigerians are entitled to education as a legal and human right. The judgment addressed the alleged violation of the right to quality education, the right to dignity, the right of peoples to their wealth and natural resources and to economic and social development guaranteed by Articles 1, 2, 17, 21 and 22 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.<span> </span>Reacting to the ruling, SERAP’s Solicitor stated ‘This is the first time an international court has recognized a state obligation to provide a legally enforceable human right to education to its citizens.’ <strong>Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6572/0/" target="_blank">here</a></strong>. </span>
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<strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">23 NOV 2010 / 20<sup>th</sup> RATIFICATION OF NEW TREATY ON DISAPPEARANCES WILL MAKE IT COME INTO FORCE: </span></strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">After Iraq became the 20<sup>th</sup> State to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance on 23 November 2010, it will officially come into force 30 days later on 23 December 2010. The 45-article Convention outlaws enforced disappearance without exception, stating unequivocally that ‘No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification for enforced disappearance.’ (Art. 1). The High Commissioner stated: ‘This ground-breaking Convention provides a<span> </span>solid international framework to put an end to impunity and pursue justice, and as a result will hopefully have a significant deterrent effect’. The implementation of the Convention will be monitored and assessed by a Committee composed of 10 independent and impartial experts. <strong>Access the Convention <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6573/0/" target="_blank">here</a>. Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6574/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong> </span>
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19 NOV 2010 / COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (CESCR) CONCLUDES 45<sup>th</sup> SESSION:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> The CESCR concluded its 45<sup>th</sup> session during which is examined measures taken by the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Uruguay to comply with the standards of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. During the session the Committee held a Day of General Discussion on sexual and reproductive health rights and adopted a statement on the right to sanitation on the occasion of World Toilet Day.<strong> Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6575/0/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6576/0/" target="_blank">here</a>. A</strong></span><strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">ccess the CESCR sanitation statement <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6568/0/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></span></td>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">100<sup>th</sup> COUNTRY RATIFIES OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINIATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span> </span>Cambodia has become the 100<sup>th</sup> country to ratify the Optional Protocol to CEDAW. Chairperson of the Working Group on communications under the Optional Protocol stated ‘100 States have given all women and groups of women in their countries the necessary tools to hold their governments accountable for alleged violations of their rights at the international level, and to have access to remedies if the Committee concludes that their rights have indeed been violated….Rights, also women’s rights, without legal tools to make them a reality, can easily become mere illusions.’ However, the Committee member stressed that ‘women continue to face obstacles to access justice’. This is demonstrated by the relatively low number of cases brought under the Optional Protocol so far. <strong>Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6579/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong> </span>
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<strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">UPCOMING EVENT / 10 DEC 2010 / HUMAN RIGHTS DAY – HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS WHO ACT TO END DISCRIMINATION</span></strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">: The theme for Human Rights Day 10 December 2010 is human rights defenders who act to end discrimination. Human rights defenders acting against discrimination, often at great personal risk to both themselves and their families, are being recognized on Human Rights Day 2010. Human Rights Defenders speak out against abuse and violations including discrimination, exclusion, oppression and violence. They advocate justice and seek to protect the victims of human rights violations. They demand accountability for perpetrators and transparency in government action. In so doing, they are often putting at risk their own safety, and that of their families. <strong>Access promotion materials, visual designs, inspirational stories and videos <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6580/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong> </span>
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<strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">How did you and your office celebrate Human Rights Day in 2010? <span> </span>Share your innovate approaches to commemorating Human Rights Day 2010 with the wider UN Human Rights Community on HuriTALK…photos and videos welcome <strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">submit by emailing: <a href="mailto:humanrights-talk@groups.undp.org" target="_blank">humanrights-talk@groups.undp.org</a></span></strong> Thank you.</span></strong>
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<span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9.5pt"><strong>FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY / 2011 OAK FELLOWSHIP: POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS</strong></span><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9.5pt">: The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College announced a call for applications for the 2011 Oak Fellowship, seeking one front-line human rights activist working outside of the US who is working on problems caused by or associated with poverty. The 2011 Oak Fellow will work to promote human rights threatened by poverty including:<span> </span>the right to work in safe conditions and earn and adequate and stable income; access to basic food and shelter; freedom from forced evictions; access to adequate health care and medical attention; access to basic services and infrastructure; the right to a healthy and safe living environment, including access to clean drinking water; access to education; freedom from discrimination based on class or income. <strong>Deadline for applications is 15 December 2010. Read more and access application details </strong></span><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6423/0/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9.5pt">here</span></strong></a></span><strong><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9.5pt">.</span></strong><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9.5pt"> </span>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES / UN DEMOCRACY FUND </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">[Contributed with thanks by Aparna Basnyat, UNDP Bangkok]: The UN Democracy Fund opened its window for new project proposals from civil society. UNDEF supports projects that strengthen the voice of civil society, promote human rights, and encourage the participation of all groups in democratic processes. The large majority of UNDEF funds go to local civil society organizations – both in the transition and consolidation phases of democratization. In this way, UNDEF plays a novel and distinct role in complementing the UN’s more traditional work – the work with Governments – to strengthen democratic governance around the world. Projects are two years long and fall under one or more of six main areas including rule of law and human rights. <strong>Deadline for applications is 31 December 2010. Read more and apply <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6564/0/" target="_blank">here</a>. </strong></span>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY / MASTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRATISATION (ASIA PACIFIC) (MHRD):</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> Applications are now being accepted for study and scholarships for the MHRD<span> </span>which is a<span> </span>unique Master degree program in which students undertake a foundational semester of study in Sydney and then study in one of four partner universities in Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal or Sri Lanka. Graduates will gain an interdisciplinary understanding of human rights and democratization in the Asia Pacific and have both the ability to undertake independent scholarly research and put their academic understanding and practical experience to use in real situations.<span> </span>34 scholarships will be offered to outstanding applicants from across the Asia Pacific region made possible with the support of a significant grant from the European Commission. Deadline for applications is: 30 April 2011 and deadline for applications for the scholarships is: 10 December 2010. <strong>Read more </strong></span><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6425/0/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:windowtext;font-size:9.5pt"><font color="#0000ff">here</font></span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">HANDBOOK / UNIFEM / DO OUR LAWS PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY? – A HANDBOOK FOR CEDAW-BASED LEGAL REVIEWS </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">[Contributed with thanks by Amarsanaa Darisuren, UNIFEM]<strong>: </strong>A Handbook for CEDAW-Based Legal Reviews is a user-friendly guide for reviewing laws to identify whether they discriminate against women. Using the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) as a framework, this handbook specially developed from experience in Southeast Asia, but applicable globally, takes you step-by-step through the process of measuring CEDAW compliance in national laws. From planning to carrying out a legal review, with advice to maximize your success along the way, this handbook shows government, NGOs, academics and practitioners working towards gender equality how to formulate CEDAW-based legal indicators, identify discriminatory provisions and gaps using these indicators, develop recommendations and use your CEDAW-based legal review to advocate for changes in law for gender equality. <strong>Access the publication <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6581/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong> </span>
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REPORT / 2010 / REPORT HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT ASSESSMENTS FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS</span></strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt"> [Contributed with thanks by </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Ayuush Bat-Erdene, OHCHR Geneva]<strong>:</strong> The report reviews the conclusions of a recent international expert seminar on human rights impact assessments for trade and investment agreements convened under the auspices of the UN Special Rapporteur for the right to Food, Olivier De Schutter. The seminar, hosted by the South Centre in Geneva in June 2010, was jointly organized by the Berne Declaration, the Canadian Council for International Co-operation, Misereor and others. The report sets out key issues and methodologies for conducting human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) for trade and investment agreements. There have been widespread calls for States to undertake HRIAs ahead of concluding trade agreements, but limited international consensus on how to do so. The meeting underscored the urgency of mobilizing governments, CSOs and multilateral institutions to take concrete steps towards developing a human rights-based approach to trade and investment agreements, and highlighted the possibilities for employing HRIAs as one means to this end. <strong>Access the report in <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6587/0/" target="_blank">English</a>, <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6588/0/" target="_blank">French</a> and <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6589/0/" target="_blank">Spanish</a>. </strong></span><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt"></span></span></td>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6457/0/" target="_blank">Humanitarian Affairs Officer, New York (P-3)</a></font><font face="Calibri"> <br>
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OHCHR)r />
ClClosing Date: Saturday, 18 December 2010 </font></span></td>
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</font><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6608/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">Nutrition Cluster Coordinator, Juba, Sudan</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)</span><br>
Closing Date: Monday, 13 December 2010<br>
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</font><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6610/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">Senior Health Consultant, Lao People's Democratic Republic</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>Plan</span></font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri">Closingate: Wednesday, 22 December 2010 <br>
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</font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6611/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">Consultant: The Development of Police Law, Nairobi</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)</span><br>
Closing Date: Monday, 20 December 2010 <br>
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</font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6612/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">National Expert to Develop a Manual for Judges on Cases of Domestic Violence, SSA (Equal Opportunities and Women's Rights Programme), Kyiv</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)</span><br>
Closing Date: Monday, 20 December 2010 <br>
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</font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6613/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">Child Protection Specialist - DDR, Khartoum</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)</span></font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri">Closing Date: Sunday, 19 December 2010 <br>
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</font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6614/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">Senior Project Officer, Tashkent</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>PAE Group</span><br>
Closing Date: Sunday, 12 December 2010 <br>
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</font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6615/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">Chief, Partnerships Division, Jerusalem</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)</span><br>
Closing Date: Thursday, 13 January 2011 <br>
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</font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6616/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">Humanitarian Affairs Officer - Guidance Development and Management, New York</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)<br>
</span>Closing Date: Sunday, 30 January 2011 <br>
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</font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6617/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">Regional Coordinator, Democratic Policing Project, Herat, Afghanistan</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)<br>
</span>Closing Date: Sunday, 19 December 2010<br>
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</font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6618/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">Programme Manager, Human Rights Portfolio, Amman/Jordan with Mission Travel to Iraq</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)<br>
</span>Closing Date: Tuesday, 21 December 2010 <br>
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</font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6619/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">Project Field Coordinator (Local Position: Proficency in Written and Spoken Turkish is a must), Turkey</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)</span><br>
Closing Date: Sunday, 19 December 2010 <br>
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</font></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6620/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">International Legal Adviser, Bangkok</font></a><br>
<font face="Calibri"><span>International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)</span><br>
Cl Closing Date: Friday, 17 December 2010 <br>
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<br>
Closing Date: Sunday, 09 January 2011
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6622/0/" target="_blank">Deputy Representative of the High Commissioner, Bogota (P-5)</a></font><font face="Calibri"> <br>
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<br>
Closing Date: Sunday, 09 January 2011
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6450/0/" target="_blank">Human Rights Officer, Panama City (P-4)</a></font><font face="Calibri"> <br>
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<br>
Closing Date: Saturday, 25 December 2010
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6447/0/" target="_blank">Human Rights Adviser, Kiev (P-4)</a></font><font face="Calibri"> <br>
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<br>
Closing Date: Sunday, 26 December 2010
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6623/0/" target="_blank">Records Management Officer, Geneva (P-3)</a></font><font face="Calibri"> <br>
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<br>
Closing Date: Friday, 24 December 2010
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6451/0/" target="_blank">Human Rights Officer, Geneva (P-3)</a></font><font face="Calibri"> <br>
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<br>
Closing Date: Monday, 27 December 2010
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3668995/393531/6452/0/" target="_blank">Human Rights Officer, Guatemala City (P-3)</a></font><font face="Calibri"> <br>
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<br>
Closing Date: Tuesday, 21 December 2010 </font>
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