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A year for accountability

An article Angelina wrote herself and it’s a very good article and should interest all humans.

The World in 2008
November 2007
-Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie, goodwill ambassador to the UNHCR, hopes for progress in bringing war criminals to justice

On a recent mission for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, I had the opportunity to visit a refugee camp in Chad just across the border with Sudan. Sitting with a group of refugees, I asked them what they needed. These were people who had seen family members killed, neighbours raped, their villages burned and looted, their entire communities driven from their land. So it was no surprise when people began listing the things that could improve their lives just a little bit. Better tents, said one; better access to medical facilities, said another. But then a teenage boy raised his hand and said, with powerful simplicity, “Nous voulons un procès.” We want a trial.

Read article at original source or at Team Jolie.

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Posted under: UNHCR, World Politics
Dated: Nov 15 2007
Author:Maria

1 Comment

  1. Rubi says:

    THANKS FOR THE UPDATE!!!

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