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“As advocate for the forgotten and the ignored, Mary Robinson has not only shone a light on human suffering, but illuminated a better future for our world.” -Barack Obama “The antidote for your climate change paralysis.” -Sierra “Insightful and optimistic.” … Continue reading →

United Nations Published on Jan 9, 2020 Remarks by Mary Robinson (Chair of The Elders) at the Security Council Open Debate on “Upholding the United Nations Charter” to Maintain International Peace and Security. Concept note of the Security Council meeting: … Continue reading →

TED Oct 14, 2015 Climate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their lives upended — and their human rights threatened — by killer … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Published on Nov 17, 2016 http://democracynow.org – Democracy Now! broadcasts from the United Nations climate talks in Marrakech, Morocco, where delegates from more than 190 countries are gathered to discuss how to implement the Paris Agreement from last … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Published on Nov 17, 2016 http://democracynow.org – As we broadcast from Morocco, we speak with former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson about an issue that is being largely ignored: Morocco’s 41-year occupation of the Western … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Published on Nov 17, 2016 http://democracynow.org – During his campaign, Trump repeatedly said he would end all immigration to the U.S. by Syrian refugees and others from what he called “terror-prone nations,” and on Wednesday, a spokesman for … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Published on Dec 10, 2015 Today is International Human Rights Day, which commemorates the day on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. As we broadcast from the U.N. climate … Continue reading →

TED Published on Oct 14, 2015 Climate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their lives upended — and their human rights threatened — … Continue reading →

Climate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their lives upended — and their human rights threatened — by killer storms, starvation and the … Continue reading →