Writing in The Guardian as the UN Human Rights Council session opens in Geneva, Archbishop Tutu and Mary Robinson say it is not just Sri Lanka's people that the Council must serve this week, but the cause of international law.

Marchandages politiciens et trocs de votes caractérisent trop souvent les nominations à des postes internationaux. L'élection du prochain procureur de la Cour pénale internationale offre une occasion unique de choisir le candidat le plus qualifié, estime Kofi Annan dans une tribune publiée dans Libération (France).

Kofi Annan writes in Business Day (South Africa) that the election of new International Criminal Court prosecutor must result in the appointment of the most qualified candidate, and not, as is too often the case, the person thought least offensive to most countries.

Writing in The Guardian, Mary Robinson argues that extreme poverty robs people of their human rights and that countries behind schedule with their Millennium Development Goals will stay that way unless they're made accountable.