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A conversation with...Gillian Triggs, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection (UNHCR)

Wed, 10/05/2023 - 12:03

In this edition of 'A conversation with...', we interview Gillian Triggs, Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She describes the challenges faced by refugees and what role parliamentarians and parliaments can play in ensuring that refugees benefit from the rights to which they are entitled under the Refugee Convention.

The views and opinions expressed by IPU's interviewees are their own and do not necessarily reflect the IPU’s position.

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