Ongoing Campaigns
“..companies that respect human rights foster an environment in which atrocities are less likely to occur. And when they do, the private sector must send a strong message by refusing to do business with those responsible. Banks should refuse to finance the sale or purchase of oil from such countries. Jewelers should refuse to traffic in blood diamonds. And there are numerous examples of how economic pressure can get the attention of leaders when all of the other efforts have not.””
Sec. Hilary Clinton in her Remarks at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Forward-Looking Symposium on Genocide Prevention