A woman respectably clad and content to work in a kitchen yet aware of her identity and potential was perhaps more liberated than one who moved freely in society but had transformed herself into a sex symbol.

It was not a question of favouring one set of rights to the detriment of others, but of ensuring respect for the right of all human beings to a decent and dignified life.

He recalled that, under the terms of the Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees, voluntary repatriation was acceptable only if three conditions were met, namely: first, a political solution to the conflict which forced the persons concerned to flee had to have been accepted by the country of origin; secondly, the conditions of amnesty had to be clearly laid down, so that all concerned could determine whether they were liable to be charged in respect of events which occurred before they left; and thirdly, the social and economic context had to be such as to enable individuals who decide to return to their country to live decently.