36 Quotes by Irene Khan

You don't know what will make it your turn to be detained next and if you are in detention you don't know what it will take to get released.

We feel Australia has a very important role to play in the region, but it cannot do that if it doesn't practise what it preaches in its own territory,

The onus is on (aviation) companies to ensure that they are aware of the end use of any aircraft they lease or operate.

The people of Nepal have lived through far too much violence already. Without urgent action from the international community and all parties in Nepal, a new generation will grow up knowing nothing but bloodshed and conflict.

we resist the manipulation of fear and challenge the narrow focus of the security agenda.

Here you have these soldiers who have committed human rights abuses in Nepal being paid to go somewhere else and prevent abuses.

Over the past 10 years, systematic violations of U.N. arms embargoes have met with almost no successful prosecutions.

Over the past ten years systematic violations of United Nations arms embargoes have met with almost no successful prosecutions. Unscrupulous arms dealers continue to get away with grave human rights abuses and make a mockery of the UN Security Council's efforts.

Over a decade of conflict we have seen the human rights situation steadily worsening, with increasing numbers of civilian killings and injuries and, for a time, the highest number of reported 'disappearances' in the world.