Dear Lucy and family
I was very shocked and saddended to read the news of Nick’s death in the obituary in the Guardian. You will not know me, but I worked with Nick at Amnesty International (I was Deputy Secretary General, I am the “other” Mary Robinson, not the eminent one). It is more than 10 years since I last saw Nick, but I have very happy memories of working with him. He had a great sense of humour, as well as being full of energy and determination. He often enlivened some of our rather long and boring meetings about management issues and I enjoyed working with him. The excellent obituary written by Nigel Rodley shows how much he achieved and what a loss he will be to the human rights community. Please accept my deepest sympathy and very best wishes to you and your family.
Mary Robinson (former colleague at Amnesty International)