Dear colleagues, friends, I regret that I cannot be with you in person in Vienna. As you know, in just a few weeks we will be commemmorating the 75 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human...

Dear Chairpersons, Distinguished Members of the European Parliament, Dear participants, It is an honour to be able to address you for the second time this year. I am grateful that you have dedicated...

Excellencies, Distinguished Chair and Members of the Working Group on Business and Human Rights, Distinguished panellists, Colleagues and friends, I am really pleased to be addressing you all today at...

Warm greetings to you all and thank you for the opportunity to address this Summit. It is often said that knowledge – or information – is power. Information drives advances in technology. It shapes...

Professor Bílková, Dear students, Dear colleagues and friends, Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you in this distinguished and iconic centre of learning. The rich legacies of Charles...

We deplore the 21 November attack on Bamenyam market in western Cameroon in which nine civilians were killed. Those responsible must be held to account. Suspected armed separatist fighters from the...

Dear colleagues, From deaths and ruined lives to violent crime and mass incarceration, the toll of the global trade in illegal narcotics is unbearable. Drug use has taken many lives. But so have...

Dear colleagues, friends, students, It is a pleasure to be with you, and I look forward to your thoughts about how we can forge solutions to the many challenges we are seeing to human rights across...

This discussion comes at a very difficult moment. On the one hand, we want to commemorate the achievement of 75 years of the UN human rights system – and there are many achievements. On the other, we...

The horrendous events of the past 48 hours in Gaza beggar belief. The killing of so many people at schools turned shelters, hundreds fleeing for their lives from Al-Shifa Hospital, amid continuing...