Heart wrenching Quote by Henrietta Newton Martin

“The massive heart wrenching barbaric violations and battles among the international states or even the Big Powers, megalomania ,‘ folie de grandeur’,and even the…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

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

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

The fragility created by protracted conflicts, resulting in destroyed cities and dramatically insufficient services, is not something that humanitarian organizations can address comprehensively. Only…

— Peter Maurer

We helped generate that international law coming out of a very difficult and hard-won experiences in the First and Second World War. And I…

— Jill Stein

“By the 1960’s, the authorities could write that peace was more important than law. Enforcement of international law was entrusted to the United Nations—whose…

— Jerry Pournelle

“Savage violence has erupted in recent years across a broad swathe of territory: wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, suicide bombings in Belgium,…

— Pankaj Mishra

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

— Peter Maurer

“America is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilisation.”

— Georges Clemenceau

“Every war invariably results in terrible tragedies, immense waste and sinful destruction. All wars, no matter how big or small, how nearby or far…

— Takayuki Ishii

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

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

— Amelia Earhart