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A call to Canadian Parliamentarians to take concrete measures to implement the UN Declaration...
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HIST 3XX3 12 Conclusion - The Future of Human Rights
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HIST 3XX3 -11- Globalization, Mass Migration & Terrorism
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HIST 3XX3 10 Minority Rights
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HIST 3XX3 09 Cold War
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HIST 3XX3 -6A - The Industrial Age
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HIST 3XX3 7B Self_Determination & the End of Empires
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HIST 3XX3 8B Genocides and Mass Atrocities
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HIST 3XX3 8A International Human Rights System
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HIST 3XX3 7A The World Wars
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HIST 3XX3 - 6B -Socialism
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HIST 3XX3 -5- The Antislavery Movement
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HIST 3XX3 3B - Secular
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HIST 3XX3 4B - Political Revolutions of the 19th Century
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HIST 3XX3 3A - Religious Traditions and Human Rights
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HIST 3XX3 1B - Introduction
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HIST 3XX3 1A Introduction
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HIST 3XX3 4A - Enlightenment
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HIST 3XX3 2A - Current Debates in Human Rights
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HIST 3XX3 2B - Current Debates in Human Rights
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Implications of the Military intervvention in Egypt
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Pondering Mandela's Legacies
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Is Mali the next Afghanistan
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Putting Kony in context
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Somali famine one of the most urgent humanitarian crises in the world
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Pondering the Future of Libya 1
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Obama's Military Plan for Afghanistan
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Congo Mission
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A Brother from Niger
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From Dust to Gold
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Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade in Africa (Part 2)
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Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade in Africa (Part 1)
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