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Few Names Are So Closely Connected With The Cause Of Human Rights As That Of Mary Robinson. As Former President Of Ireland, She Was Ideally Positioned For Passionately And Eloquently Arguing The Case For Human Rights Around The World. 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 Volume Is A Unique Account In Robinson's Own Words Of Her Campaigns As United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights.a Voice For Human Rights Offers An Edited Collection Of Robinson's Public Addresses, 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 Foreword By Kofi Annan And An Afterword By Louise Arbour, The Current High Commissioner For Human Rights, The Book Will Be Of Interest To All Concerned With International Human Rights, International Relations, Development, And Politics. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Annan, Kofi -- Introduction / Boyle, Kevin -- I. A Vision For Human Rights -- 1. A Personal Vision -- Ii. Fighting For Equality And Nondiscrimination -- 2. The Struggle Against Racism -- 3. Women's Rights Are Human Rights -- 4. Eliminating Religious Discrimination And Intolerance -- 5. Combating Other Discrimination And Exclusion -- Iii. Dimensions Of The Mandate Of High Commissioner -- 6. Human Rights Defenders -- 7. Economic, Social, And Cultural Rights -- 8. The Right To Development -- 9. Human Rights Education -- 10. Children's Rights -- 11. Minorities And Indigenous Peoples -- 12. Human Rights After Conflict -- 13. Business And Human Rights -- Iv. Building Human Rights Protection -- 14. The High Commissioner And The United Nations Human Rights System -- 15. Supporting United Nations Human Rights Bodies -- 16. Working With Countries And Regions -- 17. Strengthening National Human Rights Protection -- V. Continuing Challenges --