“The burden therefore rests with the American legal community and with the American human-rights lobbies and non-governmental organizations. They can either persist… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It is only up to the Syrian people living in Syria to determine who, how and based on what principles should rule… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If our interests - our legitimate interests, the interests of Russians - have been attacked directly, like they were in South Ossetia,… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
“[...]if Nazi Germany had not invaded other countries but had simply sought to eliminate the entire Jewish population within its own territorial… — Mark Gibney Copy Share Image
Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
The only way out [of international dictatorship] is to place international law above governments, which means [...] that there must be a… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“What the [Clinton/Lewinsky scandal] showed was that a matter of personal behavior could crowd out of the public's attention far more serious… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“If international law is, in some ways, at the vanishing point of law, the law of war is, perhaps even more conspicuously,… — Hersch Lauterpacht Copy Share Image
Most Arabs and Muslims feel that the United States hasn't really been paying much attention to their desires. They think it has… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports… — Ludwig Quidde Copy Share Image
“the role of international law in international relations has always been limited, but it is rarely insignificant.47 Its function in structuring” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
In my opinion, provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I do think that Magna Carta and international law are worth paying some attention to. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It was a mistake. On the information we had, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. We shouldn't have changed our argument from… — Ed Balls Copy Share Image
If we want to expect something from this [Barack Obama] administration, it is not to be weak, to be strong to say… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
“The question that remains unanswered and keeps coming to the fore is ‘Are the punishment schemes for child sex and sexual abuse… — Henrietta Newton Martin Copy Share Image
It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think we have a very critical role to play, within the spectrum of international law and human rights. — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
We could try and establish a world in which the great and the powerful adhere to that international law which they require… — Malcolm Fraser Copy Share Image
Both President Obama and I shared the conviction that territorial and maritime disputes in the Asia Pacific region should be settled peacefully… — Benigno Aquino III Copy Share Image