Democratic governments are not delivering on their promises, which is partly due to the fact that governments are less powerful than they were after the Second World War. There were fewer governments then, but they actually had more political power.

Finance ministers must realize that the health budget can save them money if it's applied well.

In human rights theory it is very important that governments still have the primary responsibility for the standards and provision of such services even if they no longer deliver them. They must insist that the private sector delivers without discrimination. So governments still have responsibility, including the need to influence business.

Ireland is not in a good place at the moment. We have our own humiliation of losing our economic sovereignty, and we're now regaining it slowly and painfully.

When a genocidal killing occurs, as happened in Rwanda, it is not just an internal domestic matter.

Particularly here in the United States there is a lack of comprehension about anything to do with the United Nations.

The changing climate is a threat to human rights.