Rights Groups Criticize Gambia Hosting AU Rights Conference
Thursday, November 05, 2009
- Organization: VOA News
- Link: http://www.voanews.com
"The third conference of African National Human Rights Institutions is scheduled to take place in The Gambian capital Banjul from this Sunday November 8 to the 10th. The African Union said the conference is expected to come up with a road map for facilitating collaboration between the African Union organs with human rights mandate and the African National Human Rights Institutions."
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