Like many, I deplore the U.S. for their rejection of the International Criminal Court, ... It seems that clearly this debate will carry on.

I think all great innovations are built on rejections.

It is a tragedy for the people of Nepal that full-scale armed conflict may now resume.

until the accused are in custody.

Two phenomena, in my view, are particularly disturbing: One is the prevalence of the use of torture to extract confessions and information and the second one is the intimidation of those who make complaints against public officials. In my opinion, there is no doubt that these phenomena are more than allegations, but have in fact considerable basis in reality.

I remind the government of its international obligation to respect the right of peaceful assembly, and I remind its security forces of their obligation to use only minimum necessary force.