“I’m trying to learn more about international law to understand why we don’t have better solutions for conflict - for dictators or aggressors that are hurting or raping children or using them as child soldiers. Why can’t we have an international community handle these things in a swift, efficient manner?” TryingChildrenLawCommunityHurtConflictSolutionsSoldierInternationalHandleEfficientDictatorInternational CommunityInternational LawAggressorsChild Soldier Author:Angelina Jolie
“It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace. To do that, of course, we Americans will have to yield up some of our sovereignty. That would be a bitter pill. It would take a lot of courage, a lot of faith in the new order.” IfsWorldFirstsSeemsGovernmentWould BeLawOrderCoursesNationsUnitedStepsConflictPoliceInternationalBitterExecutivesYieldFirst StepsSovereigntyUnited NationsPillsLegislatureJudiciaryInternational LawWorld Government Author:Walter Cronkite
“I am the president of 146 million Russians. I have to represent their interests. We are willing to settle this without any conflicts and to search for compromises on the basis of international law.” LawPresidentInterestMillionsWillingConflictBasesInternationalCompromiseSettlingInternational Law Author:Vladimir Putin
“You cannot cause disproportionate damage to the environment; you cannot harm neutral states. The court said that the threat or use of nuclear weapons is generally contrary to the international law of armed conflict.” SaidStatesUseLawCausesEnvironmentConflictWeaponsCourtThreatInternationalHarmContraryNuclearDamageNuclear WeaponsInternational LawArmed Conflict Author:John Burroughs
“Merkel is a flagship of the EU. Not everything depends on her, but much does. I have been shocked in a positive way by how Merkel is defending international law so openly and strongly. She wants to have peace and stability in the EU, and she knows that Russia is a problem in terms of security. It seems to me that many Germans are led by a certain fear of Russia. So you hear things like, "Let's avoid conflicts with Moscow, let's appease the Kremlin."” ProblemTermSecurityConflictStabilityInternational LawAppease Author:Arseniy Yatsenyuk
“As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qaida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in response to the 9/11 attacks, and we may also use force consistent with our inherent right of national self-defense.” MaySelfMatterStatesUseLawForceUnitedUnited StatesConflictResponseInternationalDefenseConsistentAlsInherentSelf DefenseTalibanInternational LawArmed Conflict Author:John O. Brennan