Few names are so closely connected with the cause of human rights as that of Mary Robinson. As former President of Ireland, she was ideally positioned for passionately and eloquently arguing the case for human rights around the world. Over five tumultuous years that included the tragic events of 9/11, she offered moral leadership and vision to the global human rights movement. This volume is a unique account in Robinson's own words of her campaigns as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
A Voice for Human Rights offers an edited collection of Robinson's public addresses, given between 1997 and 2002, when she served as High Commissioner. The book also provides the first in-depth account of the work of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights. With a foreword by Kofi Annan and an afterword by Louise Arbour, the current High Commissioner for Human Rights, the book will be of interest to all concerned with international human rights, international relations, development, and politics.
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Mary Robinson is former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1997-2002, and former President of Ireland, 1990-97. She now leads Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Kevin Boyle is Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. Kofi Annan of Ghana was the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations, from 1997 to 2004. Louise Arbour is current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She began her term in 2004.
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On the morning I left Dublin, just two months ago, to begin my work as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Seamus Heaney gave me a beautifully bound copy of The Golden Bough inscribed with those encouraging words "Take hold of it boldly and duly . . ." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
national human rights institutions, special procedures system, ethical globalization, human rights guidelines, human rights field operations, treaty bodies, human rights defenders, combating intolerance, human rights education, related intolerance, trafficked persons, international human rights system, human rights machinery, human rights unit, human rights training, draft optional protocol, human rights specialists, universal ratification, human rights approach, youth summit, human rights challenges, international human rights standards, human rights program, technical cooperation programs, national capacity building Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, High Commissioner, Secretary General, General Assembly, East Timor, Mary Robinson, Global Compact, South Africa, United States, Asia Pacific, Programme of Action, Sierra Leone, Security Council, New York, Special Rapporteur, World Bank, Council of Europe, International Covenant, Islamic Republic of Iran, Permanent Forum, European Union, International Criminal Court, Millennium Declaration, Palais Wilson, Millennium Summit New!
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On the morning I left Dublin, just two months ago, to begin my work as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Seamus Heaney gave me a beautifully bound copy of The Golden Bough inscribed with those encouraging words "Take hold of it boldly and duly . . ." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
national human rights institutions, special procedures system, ethical globalization, human rights guidelines, human rights field operations, treaty bodies, human rights defenders, combating intolerance, human rights education, related intolerance, trafficked persons, international human rights system, human rights machinery, human rights unit, human rights training, draft optional protocol, human rights specialists, universal ratification, human rights approach, youth summit, human rights challenges, international human rights standards, human rights program, technical cooperation programs, national capacity building Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, High Commissioner, Secretary General, General Assembly, East Timor, Mary Robinson, Global Compact, South Africa, United States, Asia Pacific, Programme of Action, Sierra Leone, Security Council, New York, Special Rapporteur, World Bank, Council of Europe, International Covenant, Islamic Republic of Iran, Permanent Forum, European Union, International Criminal Court, Millennium Declaration, Palais Wilson, Millennium Summit New!
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- Human Rights by Ellen Frankel Paul on 4 pages
- Migrant Workers by International Labour Office on 4 pages
- Special Olympics (True Books: Sports) by Mike Kennedy in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights by William Wilson on page 145, and page 240
- On The Law Of War And Peace by Hugo Grotius on page 18, and Back Matter
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