If you back out of a convention… you can’t dodge your obligation. Torture is still not acceptable. Peter Maurer Read Quote
I think we are challenged in how we define humanitarian action today and how we relate to long-term needs. We are also confronted with legitimate expectations from the people who want us to respond far more thoroughly to their basic pleas than we would have done in a much more contained form of conflict. Peter Maurer Read Quote
Each day that passes without kids being able to go to school is an enormous burden on the future. Peter Maurer Read Quote
While conflicts have expanded and deepened and transformed, actors have transformed, and humanitarian assistance is transforming. Protection work is transforming and taking on another character. Peter Maurer Read Quote
What the hell is happening to the world when those who were at the origin of… international humanitarian law start questioning in public debates whether it has any relevance or should be respected? Peter Maurer Read Quote
You don’t torture people. You don’t indiscriminately attack civilians. You protect as good as you can the impact of your warfare on women and children. Peter Maurer Read Quote
The principal cause of suffering during humanitarian crises is insufficient respect of applicable rules of international humanitarian law. Peter Maurer Read Quote
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 today are just a flick of a switch away. In our homes, on the train, in our coffee shops, we see it, we feel it, we know about it. All of us. All of the time. Human suffering is visible, constantly. Peter Maurer Read Quote
We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose. Peter Maurer Read Quote
Cities are drivers of growth and wealth, and at the same time, cities are becoming increasingly violent. Peter Maurer Read Quote
