What the hell is happening to the world when those who…

The principal cause of suffering during humanitarian crises is insufficient respect of applicable rules of international humanitarian law.

— 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 world has its origin

— Lara Flores

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 is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world,…

— Anonymous

And love became the world's origin and the world's ruler, yet littered its path is with flowers and blood, flowers and blood.

— Knut Hamsun

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 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

“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

“Even assuming that Israel’s claims were plausible, humanitarian law obligates Israel to avoid civilian casualties that “would be excessive [32] in relation to the…

— Anonymous

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

“Right and wrong isn’t a matter of ethics, rather it’s the geography in which you reside and whose control you’re under. Tallinn Manual 2.0…

— James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“In this miasma of forgotten wars, torture and the war on terror, there are no easy answers, especially in the face of a very…

— James Orbinski

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