OHCHR opens new regional human rights hub in Doha
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Received by mail May 25, 2009
Source: HREA’s hr-education,
which got it from the OHCHR Website.
25 May 2009 — The human rights education and capacity development work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will have a much higher profile and longer reach with the opening of the United Nations centre for Human Rights in Qatar’s capital, Doha. OHCHR has been shifting its emphasis to the field for the last few years and the development of the new United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab region underscores that strategic view. The Centre will be officially opened by Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Qatari Minister of State, His Excellency Ahmad Bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud. Continue Reading…