Our once-beautiful environment is being destroyed by corruption, irresponsibility and neglect that are allowing the laws to be flouted and ignored.

Sentimentality does not stand in for jurisprudence. Courts are not counseling centers; they are not charities; and the ICC does not hand out consolation prizes for public relations losses.

Everyone has the right to life, food, clean water, freedom and security, and to live free from harassment, threats, false imprisonment, slavery, abuse and torture.

To help people overcome poverty and hunger, we need to help them empower themselves; overcome their fears, lack of self-confidence and feelings of inferiority; and stand for social injustice and against exploitation.