Justice has taken its course and the authority and legitimacy of the legal process must be respected.
Interpretation
Justice must be upheld and the legal system respected.
Kofi Annan emphasizes the importance of respecting the judicial process and the rule of law. He conveys that when justice has been served, it is essential for society to honor the decisions made through a legitimate legal framework, reinforcing the trust in the system that maintains order and fairness.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of the legal system after a high-profile trial.
If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.
Let us remember the large numbers of citizens who, day in and day out, through acts of volunteerism large and small, bring hope to so many of the world's disadvantaged. Let us ensure that this wonderful resource, available in abundance to every nation, is recognized and supported as it works towards a more prosperous and peaceful world.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?
People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what β and who β we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.
Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best form of conflict prevention.
I know that every trial requires fairness and truth. Any trial that abandons the pursuit of truth cannot be considered fair or just.
I am much happier fighting for justice than I ever was fighting for money.
Mass incarceration is the most pressing racial justice issue of our time.
Courts are too distant from the communities they put on trial.
I appreciate our government's determination to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the Bytyqi brothers, which Serbia's Interior Minister has rightly called 'an exceptionally serious crime,' and hope the Serbian government's pledge of full cooperation... is matched by a final accounting of their murder.
I am asking that every American everywhere, in every state, in every zip code have the same opportunities and the same right to live.
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