We can never afford to be complacent; there is no such thing as security when it comes to human rights.

The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative.

My personal cause and platform, if you like, is women's rights and women's issues.

The FBI holds sacred the rights of individuals to peacefully exercise their First Amendment freedoms.

Saddam Hussein wrote the book on human rights violations.

I've earned some decent money, and bragging rights, and boxed on a Floyd Mayweather undercard in Vegas... but it's a fraction of what I set out to do.

I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement.

The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won.

I support equal rights for LGBT Americans.

If surveillance infiltrates our homes and personal relationships, that is a gross breach of our human and civil rights.

I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.

The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.

The valuation of profit over people impedes human rights across much of the world.

The only situation that I can't be in favour of is the lack of respect to human rights in Venezuela.

The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms.

The copyright bargain: a balance between protection for the artist and rights for the consumer.

I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.

And government's only role is to secure our rights for us.

When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that's a violation of basic human rights.