The principal cause of suffering during humanitarian…

What the hell is happening to the world when those who were at the origin of... international humanitarian law start questioning in public debates…

— Peter Maurer

Ensuring the respect of international humanitarian law and principles is one of the key areas necessary to establish accountability chains.

— Peter Maurer

There seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes,

— Navi Pillay

Every day, we hear of civilians being killed and wounded in violation of the basic rules of international humanitarian law and with total impunity.…

— Peter Maurer

“It’s only going to take another week of this and we’re going to have the mother of all humanitarian crises on our hands. The…

— Peter F. Hamilton

I first started doing service, actually, as a kid, doing service projects. Later in college, I started doing international humanitarian work that brought me…

— Eric Greitens

Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

To say that the U.K. could have no part to play in improving a justice system different to our own, but which was seeking…

— Crispin Blunt

I think the place maybe to watch with the greatest worry right at the moment, and to try to help the most, may be…

— Donald Trump

Our actions to overthrow secular dictators in Iraq and Libya, and attempts now to do the same in Syria, have resulted in tremendous loss…

— Tulsi Gabbard

“This book is about how two of the world’s great democracies—the United States and India—faced up to one of the most terrible humanitarian crises…

— Gary J. Bass

That's part of what I touch on in my [UN] speech - when assaults happen on women and girls in these fragile countries, in…

— Natalie Dormer

“History has been witness to heart wrenching barbaric violations from time immemorial throughout the world where battles and wars have been fought, not just…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

I assume that our colleagues from both the United States and the European Union will proceed from current humanitarian law and ensure political freedoms…

— Vladimir Putin

One of the fundamental pillars of international humanitarian law is that proper distinction should be made between military targets and civilians. That is why…

— Emily Thornberry