Yvonne Terlingen

Yvonne Terlingen is a member of the Steering Committee of the 1 for 7 Billion - Find the best UN Leader campaign. She was the Amnesty International Representative at the UN in New York from 2001 to 2010, worked for the UN as Head of the Belgrade Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and established the Victims and Witnesses Unit, International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Choosing a new UN Secretary-General who will champion human rights

By: Yvonne Terlingen
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A new UN Secretary-General must champion human rights – and that means a more transparent, inclusive and merit-based selection process.