The President and the Professor
The president of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, for the second time this year, referenced Mark Goodale's book Human Rights at the Crossroads in a speech titled "The Human Rights Discourse - Some Issues of Source and Prospects for Achievement" at the Annual Human Rights lecture to the Human Rights Committe of the Law Society of Ireland. This follows his earlier speech titled "The Human Rights Discourse: its importance and its challenges," which referenced another of Mark Goodale's books Surrendering to Utopia at the Human Rights Commission's Annual Lecture on International Human Rights Day. The links to the speeches can be found at: http://www.president.ie/speeches/6664-2/ and http://www.president.ie/speeches/the-human-rights-discourse-its-importance-and-its-challenges-by-president-michael-d-higgins-the-human-rights-commissions-annual-lecture-international-human-rights-day-monday/