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A defender of the rights of victims – Interview with His Excellency Monsignor Silvano M. Tomasi, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See

When going for a rendez-vous with the Holy See’s representative in Geneva, you might expect a serious, austere type who is going to make you feel guilty about all the things that you should have done and never did. However, meeting Monsignor Tomasi was not like this at all. We met a man with a great sense of humour, a deep concern about people and their well-being, and who is there to give the “forgotten ones” in our globalized…

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Human Rights in the new Millennium

On 10 December 2008 we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Together with the United Nations Charter this remarkable Declaration is indeed the constitution of our planet. We remember that just one day before the proclamation of the UDHR, the General Assembly adopted another important human rights instrument, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948. It…

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