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The right to an identity
06 May 2010
Inés de Ros Casacuberta (right) works as a UNV volunteer with the International Organization for Migration, promoting the right of Nicaraguans to identification. (UNV)
Managua, Nicaragua: Identification is crucial to providing citizens with access to public services and letting them fully exercise their constitutional rights, such as the right to vote. Read
Countries:  Nicaragua
Promoting adolescents’ rights in Guatemala
20 April 2010
UNV volunteer Veronica Filippeschi (right) working with UNICEF for the promotion and protection of adolescents’ rights in Guatemala. (UNV)
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Being a UNV volunteer meant improving my professional skills, experiencing a new country and culture, and having the opportunity to interact and share with Guatemalan people, which was definitely the best part of my experience.
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More about: Children
Countries:  Guatemala
Answering calls for justice
20 April 2010
Sierra Leone has emerged from years of conflict, but with under 100 practicing lawyers in the country it has a long way to travel before human rights are fully entrenched. (P. Sen/UNV)
Freetown, Sierra Leone: As a legal expert and a UNV volunteer, Elvis Enoh-Tanyi has an important and enormous task to do to help civil society uphold the rule of law in Sierra Leone. Read
Answering calls for justice (part 2)
19 April 2010
Freetown, Sierra Leone: UNV volunteer Elvis Enoh-Tanyi has brought the Bar Association of Sierra Leone into the fore, creating and establishing the Sierra Leone Bar Association Legal Aid Scheme. He also challenged the Bar Association to play a watchdog role, and to take positions on issues regarding the rule of law. Read
At the sharp end in North Kivu
07 January 2010
Members of MONUC's Joint Protection Team patrolling along with peacekeepers in Walikale Territory (A.L. Rocha Lima/MONUC)
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: UNV volunteers are a familiar sight in UN peacekeeping missions, and many work hand-in-hand with the military.

Kristen Petillon, one of six UNV volunteers deployed with Joint Protection Teams in North Kivu, talks about his work keeping civilians safe and human rights respected. Read

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