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Faulty DNA Testing and Politics Continue to Fail South Africa’s Rape Victims

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — When news that a mob of men raped eight young women last summer during a music-video production set in an abandoned mining site in Krugersdorp, Sipehle wasn’t optimistic that the culprits would be prosecuted….
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Born Under Apartheid, Navi Pillay Has Climbed to Global Heights in Promoting Human-Rights Law

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Nations of the world have taken giant steps in recent decades to build international structures and strengthen institutions to deal with mass human-rights abusers. At almost every stage, Navi Pillay, a South African lawyer, was there, advancing the rights…
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