'Never say never': Angelina Jolie won't rule out running for public office in the future after 20 years of providing humanitarian aid with United Nations

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Published on Thursday, 04 April 2019 11:25

Written by Daily Mail

           Actor, filmmaker and humanitarian Angelina Jolie is not ruling out running for public office.'Never say never,' Jolie, 43, told People. '[But ] right now I am looking to others for leadership.' The United Nations Special Envoy didn't mention what kind of role might appeal to her, but talked about the issues she's focused on right now, like women's empowerment and a proposal for a permanent international body to investigate war crimes. The long-time member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has spent much of her free time focusing on international human rights over the past two decades. Recently, Jolie has urged nations to deploy more women peacekeepers in order to prevent sexual violence against refugees. 'If you look across the world, there are far too many women and girls who are not only not seeing progress, their rights are slipping away from them,' she said. 'We have to change laws that treat women as second-class citizens.' In addition to working to change laws around the world, Jolie is also fighting to ensure those laws are enforced. 'One of the things we are putting forward now is a proposal for a permanent international body to investigate war crimes, including mass rape and other sexual and gender-based violence,' she said.This is a goal Jolie has been working on since 2012,  when she set up the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) with former British foreign secretary William Hague.'There is now a lot more awareness and discussion and many more countries have made commitments,' Jolie said.'For example, 156 countries have pledged not to include amnesties for rape when they are negotiating peace agreements. It is hard to believe, but peace treaties routinely grant immunity to people who’ve carried out the most disgusting violent crimes against civilians. So we have to make sure all those countries live up to that commitment.Since breaking up with Brad Pitt more than two years ago, Jolie is focused on their six children and her work. Her oldest, Maddox, enters college in the fall.She wrapped up her first starring movie role in four years in 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.' It's due out in October.Her full interview appears in People's April 15 issue.

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