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Cultural Space of Palenque de San Basilio
The village of Palenque de San Basilio, southeast of Cartagena (Colombia), was originally one of the fortified communities called “palenques” in South America and founded by runaway slaves as a refuge in the 17th century. Of the numerous palenques that existed dur...
Himeyuri Cenotaph and Peace Memorial Museum
The cenotaph consists of a concrete monument or trapezoidal tower mounted with a bronze sculpture of a lily (himeyuri, in Japanese) and a plaque engraved with the names of the 227 women and girls from the Okinawa Prefectural Girls' Normal School and the First Okinawa ...
National Site of Recognition for Thalidomide Survivors and their Families
The site features a three-meter high glass brick structure with an undulating effect that symbolizes the widespread and lasting impact of thalidomide on the victims and their families and friends. The symbolic intent of the structure is that each brick represents the ...
Sites of Memory
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The Project
The International Center for the Promotion of Human Rights (CIPDH-UNESCO) aims to raise awareness about how different communities examine their traumatic past by showcasing diversity, uniqueness and similarities in the way we “deal with remembrance” and make history known to new generations.