human rights

The next UN Secretary-General must stand up for human rights

The next UN Secretary-General must stand up for human rights

As Ban Ki-Moon prepares to step down this year, a group of six non-governmental organizations headed by Amnesty International has launched a human rights agenda for his successor.  

Mary Robinson dubs selection process for UN chief as “morally inexcusable”

Former High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, painted the current UN Secretary-General selection process - the prerogative of just five countries – as “weak, opaque and, perhaps, even irrational”.