#HumanRights Archives

Let’s Support Human Rights Champions

December 11, 2021 Op-Ed by Judith G. Garber, U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Last week, peoples and nations around the world commemorated International Human Rights Day and Anti-Corruption Day. This week, let us reflect on the role each one of us plays in safeguarding the ideals of democracy. President Biden made clear in his first foreign ...

By U.S. Embassy Nicosia | 13 December, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Human Rights, Official Reports, Op-Eds | Tags: #AntiCorruption, #HumanRights

Ambassador Garber’s Remarks at the Human Rights Day Symposium

Friday, December 10, 2:00 p.m. Professor Hocanin, Professor Demirel, VOIS Cyprus, Professors Sozen and Bozkurt – thank you for inviting me to join you today to mark International Human Rights Day. Why is today important? Today is a day that gives us the opportunity to reflect on human rights and efforts to create more just ...

By U.S. Embassy Nicosia | 10 December, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Human Rights, Official Remarks, Speeches | Tags: #HumanRights

Joint action to defend and promote Democracy

Across the globe, democracy and human rights are increasingly under siege. Far from being an issue isolated to the “developing” world, democracies new and old are combatting existential crises of creeping authoritarianism, rising inequality, and malign influence both domestically and from abroad.

By U.S. Embassy Nicosia | 8 December, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Official Remarks, Op-Eds | Tags: #AntiCorruption, #democracy, #HumanRights

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