Highlights

“Passports are a tool of government that instils complacency and meekness in the population. Passports contribute to global inequality, where differences and discrimination are territorial. Such unnecessary separation is a potential breeding ground for ideological conflicts. Citizenship, as a requirement of loyalty and unconditional legalization, without the possibility of desire to subjugate the individual as a sentient and rational being, cannot be effectively rejected.”
Dr Dimitry Kochenov, Professor of Constitutional Law at Central European University

“We should carefully listen to the voices of racial minorities. The proper response should be outrage, but people shouldn’t use the punishment as a way of fighting against racism because it just divides people and doesn’t have the right result.”
Mindy Chen-Wishart, Dean, University of Oxford, Faculty of Law

“Development must go hand in hand with solidarity and humanity to enable the humanisation of technology and prevent the dehumanisation of society.”
Borut Pahor, President of the Republic of Slovenia