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Jan Egeland, Human Rights Watch How can veterans contribute to peace and security ? World Veterans Federation’s Peace and Security Summit 29/05, 2013

Source: National Geographic, 2011

40 years of progress The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development, HDRO-UNDP – November 2010

Based on data from Freedom House's Freedom in the World 2011 survey

Foto: UNDPI

Foto: Scanpix/AFP/Saba Arar.

Photo: Daily Monitor, Kampala

Parties to the ICC Rome Statute Parties to the ICC Rome Statute in green. States that have signed, but not ratified in orange. Non-parties in grey (as of 2 December 2011) Based on data from The International Criminal Court,

Keeping pressure on a notorious war criminal. IMPACT STORY 11 COUNTS OF WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY MUTILATING AND BEATING ENSLAVEMENT RAPE DIAMONDS FOR GUNS OTHER SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMANITARIAN LAW MURDER SEXUAL SLAVERY WAR CRIMES RECRUITING AND USING CHILD SOLDIERS OUTRAGES ON PERSONAL DIGNITY TERRORIZING CIVILIANS LOOTING CRUEL TREATMENT - On April 26, 2012, Taylor became the first former president to be convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity

Source: The Globalization of Crime. A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment, UNODC 2010

Foto: UNDPI