There's no way any number of companies will be able to protect human rights through a business model. When things go wrong, people need a [legal] remedy. Right now we don't have that.

Ultimately, it's a human rights issue in the information age.

It's an exercise in futility, because Europeans still have their rights under their national laws.

I will not tolerate any human rights abuses by any member of the Ministry of Interior forces. Any person or persons who are found to be guilty of such behavior will be fired and punished to the fullest extent allowed by law.

The new Human Rights Council will have 47 member countries, not individuals, and the election will be held in May 9, 2006.

I think issues of human rights have to be taken seriously and I think they will be addressed seriously in the discussions we will be having, not in a token way,