Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century..

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom..

The fight for human rights is about speaking truth to power..

Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts..

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system..

People I admire have two qualities: a kind of simplicity, and generosity of spirit. It seems to me that the more impressive people are in what they h….

Tackling the issue of climate change presents us with an inflection point in human history - a climate justice revolution that separates development ….

When I am asked, "What, in your view, is the worst human rights problem in the world today?" I reply: "Absolute poverty." This is not the answer most….

A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and asserting human rights to make t….

We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent the many co….

All countries are particular and no models are perfect..

We need a more holistic approach in which we take account of society's most vulnerable sectors. We shouldn't just do broad averaging of country stati….

If you live in a global world and you want to champion liberty in it, then you have you got to sign up to that global world..

The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments..

The aim of human rights, if I may borrow a term from engineering, is to move beyond the design and drawing-board phase, to move beyond thinking and t….

As Elders, we are fully committed to the principle that all human beings are of equal worth. You will see that we highlight equality for girls and wo….

Symbols give us our identity, our self image, our way of explaining ourselves to ourselves and to others. Symbols in turn determine the kinds of stor….

If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster.

I want to take human rights out of their box. I want to show the relevance of the universal principles of human rights to the basic needs of health, ….

Freedom from discrimination for women, ensuring that female children can learn to read, these are human needs for half the human race, not western va….

Sharing experience and building public support for the full range of rights is more powerful than legal cases..