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Mary Robinson

UN Commissioner, Human Rights

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/hchr/unhc.htm

Mary Robinson became High Commissioner for Human Rights on 12 September 1997, following her nomination to the post by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the endorsement of the General Assembly. Mrs. Robinson assumed responsibility for the UN human rights programme at a time of great change. [more]

Combating AIDS: The Human Rights Perspective

December 10, 2002

This forum examines HIV/AIDS as a human rights crisis On December 10, Human Rights Day, 54 years after the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly of the United Nations. HIV/AIDS has become the greatest health crisis in human history.

A Voice for Human Rights (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)

Author: Mary Robinson

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (2007)

Binding: Paperback, 456 pages

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