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President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, Robinson was the first head of state to visit Rwanda in the aftermath of the genocide there—she has since made two further visits...
...Robinson coined the phrase “cycle of impunity” to describe the process by which leaving mass murder unpunished encouraged others to do the same. She received the Special CARE Humanitarian Award in recognition of her efforts for Somalia...
...another display of the unfortunate double standard plaguing the current debate on the Middle East, former U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson spoke last night at the Institute of Politics after little pre-event fanfare and in total security. After a typically cordial introduction that emphasized her achievements as president of Ireland, Robinson delivered an uncontroversial speech entitled “Making Human Rights Matter: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Time Has Come.” It was a far cry from an earlier event that focused on Robinson’s leadership...
...those who don’t remember, Robinson presided over last summer’s infamous U.N. Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa, which the American and Israeli delegations left in protest after it turned into the “U.N. Conference on How Much We Hate Israel.” It was a conference dominated by virulent, unrelenting anti-Semitism—not to be confused with anti-Zionism—replete with sales of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion taking place just outside the meeting halls. Ubiquitous flyers enthusiastically wondered, “What...
That she presided over this did not matter, of course, when Robinson spoke last night. Her appearance at the Institute of Politics will go unnoticed by an overwhelming majority of Harvard students and the local media...