Irene Khan
Irene Khan
Irene Zubaida Khanis a Bangladeshi lawyer who served as the seventh Secretary General of Amnesty International from 2001 to 2009). In 2011, she was elected Director-General of the International Development Law Organizationin Rome, an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the promotion of the rule of law. She is also a consulting editor of The Daily Star...
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth24 December 1956
CitySylhet, Bangladesh
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we resist the manipulation of fear and challenge the narrow focus of the security agenda.
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Finland has been a great supporter in the disarmament campaign. You have a remarkably low number of refugees and the number of cases of violence against women in Finland is extremely high for a European country.
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U2 have inspired and empowered millions with their music and by speaking out on behalf of the poor, the powerless and the oppressed.
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The people of Nepal have lived through far too much violence already. Without urgent action from the international community and all parties in Nepal, a new generation will grow up knowing nothing but bloodshed and conflict.
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The onus is on (aviation) companies to ensure that they are aware of the end use of any aircraft they lease or operate.
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Over the past 10 years, systematic violations of U.N. arms embargoes have met with almost no successful prosecutions.
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Over the past ten years systematic violations of United Nations arms embargoes have met with almost no successful prosecutions. Unscrupulous arms dealers continue to get away with grave human rights abuses and make a mockery of the UN Security Council's efforts.
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Here you have these soldiers who have committed human rights abuses in Nepal being paid to go somewhere else and prevent abuses.
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Mexico has taken a very strong and positive stand on human rights issues internationally but there is not the same intensity ... domestically,
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Over a decade of conflict we have seen the human rights situation steadily worsening, with increasing numbers of civilian killings and injuries and, for a time, the highest number of reported 'disappearances' in the world.
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The fact that the USA, which was the world's main perpetrator for the execution of juvenile offenders, has now ended the practice should be a clear message to those remaining countries that execute children that this barbaric practice must stop.