Silvia Cartwright

“Good governance requires an independent, impartial judiciary; a press free to report and to express a range of opinions; and a respected and professional public service.”

“Women's potential to contribute to peace and security is still not being fully realised, including in my own country.”

“The health professional is always in a position of power over the patient, who is vulnerable. It is the professional's responsibility to see that the power is not abused.”

“My inquiry concluded that there was a silent conspiracy to conceal the truth from patients.”

“We must not see our country as a society of victims, but as a nation of survivors, prepared to learn from the past and to build on that learning.”

“It seems to me that the days are long past when we could say that we work in a little corner of the world, unaffected by what is happening in the rest of it.”