A Voice for Human Rights

Mary Robinson

ISBN 10: 0812220072 / ISBN 13: 9780812220070

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007

About this Item

Mary Robinson was United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002. During those five tumultuous years, which included the tragic events of 9/11, she offered moral leadership and vision to the global human rights movement. This volume collects her major public addresses from the period. Editor(s): Boyle, Kevin. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 717. . 2007. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Voice for Human Rights
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812220072
• ISBN 13: 9780812220070
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Few names are so closely connected with the cause of human rights as that of Mary Robinson. As former President of Ireland, she was ideally positioned for passionately and eloquently arguing the case for human rights around the world. Over five tumultuous years that included the tragic events of 9/11, she offered moral leadership and vision to the global human rights movement. This volume is a unique account in Robinson's own words of her campaigns as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

A Voice for Human Rights offers an edited collection of Robinson's public addresses, given between 1997 and 2002, when she served as High Commissioner. The book also provides the first in-depth account of the work of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights. With a foreword by Kofi Annan and an afterword by Louise Arbour, the current High Commissioner for Human Rights, the book will be of interest to all concerned with international human rights, international relations, development, and politics.

About the Author

Mary Robinson is former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1997-2002, and former President of Ireland, 1990-97. She now leads Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Kevin Boyle is Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. Kofi Annan of Ghana was the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations, from 1997 to 2004. Louise Arbour is current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She began her term in 2004.