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Joint Letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers on the Killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu
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Joint Letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers on the Killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu

By 3 Jul 2020Sep 3rd, 2020No Comments

Civil Society Organisations wrote a letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers on the killing of Judge Raphael Yanyi Ovungu.

Here is the English version of the letter.
Here is the French version of the letter.

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