Irene Khan Quotes About Human Rights

• There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights.

  Irene Khan

  Respect, Rights, Justice

• The world does not need a war against 'terrorism', it needs a culture of peace based on human rights for all.

  Irene Khan

  Peace, War, Rights

• Human security comes only with human rights and the rule of law. Human rights are the basis for creating strong and accountable states without which there can be no political stability or social progress.

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  Strong, Rights, Law

• There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation.

  Irene Khan

  Rights, Names, Abuse

• No cause can justify the abuse of human rights.

  Irene Khan

  Rights, Abuse, Causes

• Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is why human rights must not be ignored but given even greater prominence in times of economic crisis.

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  Rights, Insecurity, Income

• Racism is an attack on the very notion of the universality of human rights. It systematically denies certain people the enjoyment of their full human rights because of their colour, race, ethnicity, descent or national origin.

  Irene Khan

  Rights, Race, Ethnicity

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