Accountability Quote by Peter Maurer

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

— Peter Maurer

The international human rights framework is a vital component and engine for promoting global values. Governments have signed up to this international legal framework…

— Mary Robinson

The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles…

— Ludwig Quidde

It remains the task of governments to implement the fundamental human rights standards which should influence all aspects of globalisation, including even trade talks,…

— Mary Robinson

We need to put human rights, a belief in multilateralism and respect for international law back at the heart of foreign policy.

— Emily Thornberry

Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.

— J. William Fulbright

Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.

— Dalai Lama

There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.

— Vladimir Putin

Facing dramatic global challenges, we need a global capacity to address them that reaffirms the importance of multilateralism and the importance of a rules-based…

— Antonio Guterres

Human rights and international criminal law both illustrate the contradictory potential of international law. On one level, the imposition of human rights norms is…

— Richard A. Falk

The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments.

— Mary Robinson

I think we have a very critical role to play, within the spectrum of international law and human rights.

— Jill Stein