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What do Mary Robinson, Jimmy Carter, Ban Ki-moon, Juan Manuel Santos, and Zeid Raad Hussein have in common? They are all members of the Elders, an independent group of former global leaders using their experience to press today’s governments to smarten up on peace, justice, and human rights.Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia and Flickr

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

July 22, 2021

EDMONTON—What do Mary Robinson, Jimmy Carter, Ban Ki-moon, Juan Manuel Santos, and Zeid Raad Hussein have in common? They are all members of the Elders, an independent group of former global leaders using their experience to press today’s governments to smarten up on peace, ju...

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