Geneva convention Quote by Peter Maurer

It's one thing if a politician in a small country says a little bit of torturing is good to do. There is a qualitative…

— Peter Maurer

The ICRC did not see Nazi Germany for what it was. Instead, the organization maintained the illusion that the Third Reich was a 'regular…

— Peter Maurer

In our fibre-optic world of tweets and tablets, we are more conscious of the world around us. The technicolour violence and humanitarian abuses of…

— Peter Maurer

There is a clear business case for building the resilience and capacity of local communities, businesses, and institutions because a peaceful, educated, and productive…

— Peter Maurer

Each day that passes without kids being able to go to school is an enormous burden on the future.

— Peter Maurer

Until the last nuclear weapon is eliminated, more must also be done to reduce the risk of a detonation. Nuclear-armed states should reduce the…

— Peter Maurer

The International Committee of the Red Cross visits roughly half a million detainees in nearly 100 countries each year. It's our job to try…

— Peter Maurer

You can't expect humanitarian and development agencies to rebuild Syria. There is not enough money. There is not enough capacity. There are not enough…

— Peter Maurer

Trust into leadership evaporates with communities when they see that their problems are not adequately addressed, neither at the national level nor at the…

— Peter Maurer

While the nature of warfare is changing and wars are moving into cities, they are also becoming longer and their consequences more impactful.

— Peter Maurer

Concrete steps are needed to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in military plans, doctrines, and policies.

— Peter Maurer

We believe that settlement expansion policies pursued in recent decades by successive Israeli governments have facilitated the process of de-facto annexation. It has complicated…

— Peter Maurer