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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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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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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On top of wide spread abuses of human rights related to the conflict, the government has restricted basic civil liberties over the last year, causing the situation to deteriorate further.
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The special prosecutor has done very little in terms of developing a strategy of how to address (impunity).
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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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we resist the manipulation of fear and challenge the narrow focus of the security agenda.
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Torture should have been kept where it belonged, in the 16th century, instead of being imported into the 21st.
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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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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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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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You don't know what will make it your turn to be detained next and if you are in detention you don't know what it will take to get released.
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We feel Australia has a very important role to play in the region, but it cannot do that if it doesn't practise what it preaches in its own territory,
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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.
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The definition of security must be broadened to encompass the security of people, as well as states. That means a commitment to human rights. That means recognizing that insecurity and violence are best tackled by effective, accountable states which uphold, not violate human rights,