#human rights

That's Anil's path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#back #brought #chance #commission #crimes

Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#born #both #britain #british #circumstances

My mother, for the last 20 years anyway, would not call herself a Marxist but a human rights activist. ↗

— Joely Richardson

#anyway #call #herself #human #human rights

Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#human #human rights #more #much #praised

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#human #human rights #law #response #rights

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#freedom #fuzzy #human #human rights #liberty

Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#essential #fighting #human #human rights #merely

Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#constitutional #culture #democracy #human #human rights

The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial. ↗

— Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

#controversial #fundamental #human #human rights #issue

Those who have been outspoken in advocating human rights during these last forty years, have themselves grabbed the most fundamental of human rights from the people of the Third-World countries. ↗

— Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

#been #countries #during #forty #forty years