Fighting Disinformation to Survive - Irene Khan - UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
Awake At Night
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The Importance of a Law Degree
I actually studied law in Manchester and then came to Harvard and did graduate school. I didn't really think I fitted into the legal community, couldn't imagine myself sort of dealing with property and corporations. That's when I opened my eyes to human rights - that was the time of the Iranian revolution. And so I got the job in 1980. My first assignment was in Geneva. To set up the rules for unaccompanied minors until then its experience had been with families or with adults. So setting up the rules, how do we deal with this children? Later, I also was involved with looking at refugee women and standards being set up for refugee women. It was actually about how you provide assistance,
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