Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Im sure you would agree that amnesty S International reputation depends upon impartiality, independence, the rigour of your research. Mm hm. How do you think amnesty s reputation stands across the world right now . Look, based on the various travels i am doing in africa, latin america, asia, our reputation stands very high and firm. People from very remote areas, all the way to political leaders know that they can count on us if its needed. I was very recently in peru meeting with Indigenous People who had confronted state violence, mothers and fathers who had lost their sons. Who was there with them for months after the event, for weeks at a time . Amnesty international. We went there and we kept being there for them. I was in taiwan two weeks ago. Amnesty international has been in taiwan since the 1980s. We fought the white terror government. We are now in taiwan as an established ngo, but also an ally for the Civil Society more generally
well, that s a powerful message. it provides a standard, it provides law, it provides adjudication, and it provides activism. it s a powerful message. are there any territories within the widest sort of interpretation of a human rights remit that you are wary of entering? i m thinking, for example, of arguments about sex and gender and the rights of the transgender community across the world. is there a danger that if amnesty treads into some territories, it will get caught up in global cultural wars and arguments which aren t helpful to your core message? the cultural wars are part and parcel of fighting for human rights. the fact that lgbti, that women, that trans, are being targeted by authoritarian leaders, authoritarian practices around the world does mean, does demand that amnesty international be present.
the human rights framework is absolutely central to climate injustice and to fighting for it. well, that s a powerful message. it provides a standard, it provides law, it provides adjudication, and it provides activism. it s a powerful message. are there any territories within the widest sort of interpretation of a human rights remit that you are wary of entering? i m thinking, for example, of arguments about sex and gender, and the rights of the transgender community across the world. is there a danger that if amnesty treads into some territories, it will get caught up in global cultural wars and arguments which aren t helpful to your core message? the cultural wars are part and parcel of fighting for human rights. the fact that lgbti, that women, that trans, are being targeted by
that there is a right, the right to a clean environment. the human rights agenda, the human rights framework is absolutely central to climate injustice and to fighting for it. well, that s a powerful message. it provides a standard, it provides law, it provides adjudication, and it provides activism. it s a powerful message. are there any territories within the widest sort of interpretation of a human rights remit that you are wary of entering? i m thinking, for example, of arguments about sex and gender, and the rights of the transgender community across the world. is there a danger that if amnesty treads into some territories, it will get caught up in global cultural wars and arguments which aren t helpful to your core message? the cultural wars are part and parcel of fighting for human rights. the fact that lgbti,
that there is a right, the right to a clean environment. the human rights agenda, the human rights framework is absolutely central to climate injustice and to fighting for it. well, that s a powerful message. it provides a standard, it provides law, it provides adjudication, and it provides activism. it s a powerful message. are there any territories within the widest sort of interpretation of a human rights remit that you are wary of entering? i m thinking, for example, of arguments about sex and gender, and the rights of the transgender community across the world. is there a danger that if amnesty treads into some territories, it will get caught up in global cultural wars and arguments which aren t helpful to your core message?