"Last month, I visited a refugee camp at the border between Turkey and Syria. I met children, women and men who told me how they had escaped the violence and suffering in their home country[...] They had fled a country where children are being tortured, women raped and innocent civilians killed."
"Second, a stronger legal order promotes freedom. It promotes human rights, reinforces the responsibility to protect, and helps prevent atrocities. Greater freedom means equal rights for men and women. Women make up fifty per cent of humanity. And we need the full one hundred per cent of humanity. It is in every country's own interest to make sure that women are actively involved in society, economy, and politics. They must be part of power structures - as leaders of the world."