Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson
Mary Therese Winifred Robinsonserved as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner and member of the Irish Senate. She defeated Fianna Fáil's Brian Lenihan and Fine Gael's Austin Currie in the 1990 presidential election becoming, as an Independent candidate nominated by the Labour Party, the Workers' Party and independent senators, the first...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth27 November 1757
attended indeed issue justice known main meeting
I think the main perpetrators are substantially known, and indeed known to Jakarta ... at every meeting I have attended the issue of justice has come up,
human-rights threat
The changing climate is a threat to human rights.
destroyed hear row
You hear and read of the destruction, see pictures, ... very devastating ... to come and see row after row of blackened, destroyed homes.
borders cannot cause concerned deeply grave kosovo required return whom
We are deeply concerned about those who have been required to return from the borders back into Kosovo and about whom we cannot find first-hand information, ... That was a cause of really grave concern.
climate problem faster
If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster
immaturity adults benefits
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.
doors venture west
The fifth province is not anywhere here or there, north or south, east or west. It is a place within each of us. It is that place that is open to the other, that swinging door which allows us to venture out and others to venture in.
expression association requirements
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.