26th November 2012
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
25 November was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is shameful that crimes by humans against other humans are, it seems, an inevitable element of the human condition. The use of rape as a weapon of war, or human trafficking as a lucrative trade by organised crime, are all too […]
Read more on Protecting Human Dignity: Violence against Women | Reply (5)
17th September 2012
Geneva, Switzerland
I hope you had a good rest over the summer. Judging by the hectic pace of the first week of the September Human Rights Council, you’re going to need it. Unfortunately my own plans for a final restorative weekend before the Council began didn’t quite work out. Anyone who’s lived here for a while will […]
Read more on Sleepless nights, slavery and skateboarding | Reply (2)
11th June 2012
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
In his 2011 message for World Peace Day, Pope Benedict emphasised the role of the family as “the school of freedom of peace”, the bedrock of our social fabric. His Holiness added that the family founded on marriage was “the expression of the close union and complementarity between a man and a woman”. The practice […]
Read more on Forced Marriage Made Illegal | Reply (1)
