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The Snow-drop, Winter's timid child,
Awakes to life, bedew'd with tears.
Young persons, because of their immaturity, may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and should therefore benefit from less severe sanctions than adults. More importantly, it reflects the firm belief that young persons are more susceptible to change, and thus have a greater potential for rehabilitation than adults.
The MDGs have been useful in moving human rights and development discourse together and in highlighting the need for greater accountability at all levels.
I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.
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 those standards a living reality for people everywhere.
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.
It is necessary to ensure that the requirement to combat terrorism is not used to clamp down on freedom of expression, legitimate dissent, freedom of association and so on.
Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts.
The fossil-fuel-based development model has not benefitted all people and those who have benefitted least are now suffering great harm in the face of climate change.
We now know that climate change is a driver of migration, and is expected to increase the displacement of populations.
There's a worldwide linking of environmental activists, developmental experts and human rights advocates. And they're using the two frameworks, in particular environmental standards and human rights.
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 women - not just women's rights. That is important as girls, especially adolescent girls, have been almost invisible in debates on equal rights. Yet it is in adolescence that events can have a huge effect on a girl's life.
If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster
The changing climate is a threat to human rights.
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 talking about the foundations stones - to laying those foundation stones, inch by inch, together.
