Human Rights

30 years on, South Africa still dismantling racism and apartheid’s legacy

By Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Claver Irakoze: Bridging Generations Through the Memory of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

The delicate balance of telling the next generation about a tragedy that shook the world, through the eyes of a survivor.

By Franck Kuwonu

We must do more to prevent genocide

UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Ms. Alice W. Nderitu, joins Rwandans, others in commemorating 30 years since genocide against the Tutsi

By Office of the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide

Lessons post the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: we must speak out against discrimination and prejudice

— Ambassador Ernest Rwamucyo, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations

By Kingsley Ighobor

REMEMBER.UNITE.RENEW.

A powerful exhibit marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

By Department of Global Communications

Kwibuka30: Learning from the past, safeguarding the future against genocide

Remembering those whose futures were taken away, and those at risk across the world today

By Alice Wairimu Nderitu

Football saved me from genocide; now I promote peace with it

"From Surviving Genocide to Spreading Peace: Football's Transformative Power" -The militia who burst into my house to kill me spared my life when they saw my football photos

By Zipporah Musau

Reflecting on the brutal Transatlantic Slave Trade

25 March each year is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a day to honor the victims of slavery and to raise awareness about the dangers of ongoing racism and prejudice.

By Kingsley Ighobor