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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These people have committed no crime, but there is no supervision of the way they are being held,
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The king's strategy seems to be that if he continues the world will forget Nepal.
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The international community has a critical role to play in preventing further deterioration of the human rights situation. They need to continue to pressure the government to respect human rights and to meet their obligations under international law - including by restoring basic freedoms such as the right to peacefully demonstrate.
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The major human rights concern that we continue to have is the endemic human rights problems at the level of the state, ... That is the level at which the majority of the population come into contact with abuses by authorities.
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The latest evidence shows how the US administration is manipulating commercial arrangements in order to be able to transfer people in violation of international law.
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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,