This report pleads for participation of children in decisionmaking round the world, when issues are discussed that influence their well-being and future.
Mary Robinson is former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1997-2002, and former President of Ireland, 1990-97. Few names are so closely connected with the cause of human rights as that of Mary Robinson. This volume is an account in her own words of her campaigns as United Nations High Commissioner. 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 book is also an annotated collection of Robinson's speeches, 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 preface by Kofi Annan and an afterword by Louise Arbour, the present Human Rights Commissioner, the book will be of interest to all concerned with international human rights, international relations, development, and politics.