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This Council has accomplished much in a world which cries out for respect for human rights daily. The challenges we face and which we must plan for are at times daunting – discrimination in all its forms, civil strife which can lead to crimes against humanity and war crimes, the development of new technologies – such as drones and lethal autonomous robots - which push us to the outer edge of our thinking on how to ensure our rights are protected, social media and new information technology which raises the question of where the public and private space lies and the importance of on-line and off-line freedoms, and the environmental degradation which affects not only economic and social rights but also impacts on the civil, cultural and political rights.UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay’s Opening Remarks to 25th Session of UN HRC in Geneva -https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CiLFSqikACTeNc9F4rSc4oqSaWD2kh17YzDvxsRtAHA/edit?usp=sharing