Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Speech on Human Rights at Georgetown University: The Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century

December 14, 2009

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at Georgetown University on Human Rights December 14. In her speech she emphasized that human rights, democracy, and development must work together to achieve a world in which every person has the opportunity to fulfill his or her God-given potential.

Secretary Clinton has been a champion for human rights throughout her career and she has made supporting and defending human rights and democracy a cornerstone of her work as the Secretary of State.

Read Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Speech on Human Rights at Georgetown University (PDF 277KB)