“In order to fight militarism under Hillary Clinton or under Donald Trump, it's very important that we cast a vote on behalf of peace and on international - and a policy based on international law and human rights.” HumansImportantLawOrderFightingRightsPolicyTrumpVoteClintonInternationalHuman RightsCastsBehalfInternational LawMilitarism Author:Jill Stein
“As a person committed to human rights and international law and the right of self-determination, I would like to see the occupation end. And then it is up to the Palestinians themselves to decide what they want.” WantHumansPersonsEndsSelfLawRightsDeterminationInternationalHuman RightsCommittedOccupationSelf DeterminationPalestinianInternational Law Author:Mairead Corrigan
“We as a human family are on this train that is taking us into more and more war and more and more abuse of human rights where a lot of civilians are being killed and where human rights and international law are being set aside by America and NATO.” HumansWarAmericaLawRightsAbuseTrainInternationalHuman RightsCiviliansNatoInternational LawHuman Family Author:Mairead Corrigan
“Setting aside human rights and international law to have an agenda of war and killing and occupation to me is totally unacceptable.” HumansWarLawRightsKillingInternationalHuman RightsSettingSettingsAgendasOccupationInternational Law Author:Mairead Corrigan
“To me the Nobel Peace laureates should not be hosted by a State Department that is continuing with war, removing basic civil liberties and human rights and international law and then talking about peace to young people. That's a double standard.” PeopleShouldHumansWarStatesLawYoungTalkingLibertyRightsStandardsInternationalHuman RightsDepartmentContinuingNobelCivil LibertiesDouble StandardInternational Law Author:Mairead Corrigan
“If we want to expect something from this [Barack Obama] administration, it is not to be weak, to be strong to say that "we don't have evidence," that "we have to obey the international law", that "we have to go back to the Security Council and the United Nations".” IfsWantLawStrongNationsUnitedSecurityEvidenceWeakInternationalAdministrationBarackUnited NationsCouncilInternational LawSecurity Council Author:Bashar al-Assad
“A lot of countries break (or go against) the international law.” CountryLawBreakInternationalInternational Law Author:Noam Chomsky
“There had been a free and open election in Haiti in the early 1990s and president Jean-Bertrand Aristide won, a populist priest. A few months later came the expected military coup - a very vicious military junta took over, of which the United States was passively supportive. Not openly, of course, but Haitians started to flee from the terror and were sent back and on towards Guantanamo Bay. Of course, that is against International Law. But the United States pretended that they were "economic refugees."” StatesLawCoursesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomicMilitaryMonthsElectionInternationalTerrorExpectedPriestsRefugeeSupportiveViciousHaitiInternational LawPopulistCoupsGuantanamoGuantanamo Bay Author:Noam Chomsky
“We [with Shindzo Abe] should understand that the results of that terrible tragedy of the 20th century, namely World War II, are enshrined in corresponding international documents, and finding a way to settle all disputes without destroying the entire foundation of international law that evolved as a result of World War II is a highly delicate task. Therefore, I would like to reiterate that we cannot second-guess the course, let alone the outcome of our negotiations.” WorldWayShouldWarLawCoursesResultsCenturyTerribleFindingsTasksTragedyFoundationInternationalSettlingWar Of The WorldsOutcomesDestroyingWorld War IiDelicateWorld War IDocuments20th CenturyNegotiationDisputesCorrespondingInternational LawAbeTerrible Tragedy Author:Vladimir Putin
“It's plain that the American right wing, the Republicans and some sections of the Democratic Party, don't really care about international norms. They believe in the executive authority of the president. They don't even believe the United Nations or international law should play any role vis-à-vis American policymaking.” ShouldBelievePlayCareLawNationsPresidentUnitedPartyRolesRepublicanAuthorityWingsDemocraticInternationalExecutivesSectionsNormUnited NationsDemocratic PartyRight WingInternational Law Author:Vijay Prashad
“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
“When we talk about the assertion of basically new government privileges with weak or no justification, we don't even have to look at international law to see the failings in them.” LooksGovernmentLawFailingWeakInternationalPrivilegeJustificationAssertionInternational LawNew Government Author:Edward Snowden
“People who have been made stateless by military occupation are entitled to repatriation, and then the question is to which state, or to what polity or area? Those who have had their goods taken away are entitled to compensation of some kind. These are basic international laws.” PeopleKindHas BeensMadeStatesLawTakenMilitaryAreasInternationalGoodsOccupationEntitledCompensationInternational Law Author:Judith Butler
“The just response to this terrible event [9/11] should be to go immediately to the world community, the United Nations. The rule of international law should be marshaled, but it's probably too late because the United States has never done that; it's always gone it alone.” WorldShouldStatesDoneLawNationsCommunityUnitedUnited StatesGoneEventsTerribleLateResponseInternationalToo LateUnited NationsInternational LawTerrible Events Author:Edward Said
“From Iraq to Guantanamo Bay, international standards and the framework of international law are being given less when they should be given more importance. I am pleased that the courts in the United States are beginning to review what has happened to those detained in Guantanamo Bay. Similarly in Iraq we need to bring our strategies back within the framework of international norms and law.” NeedsShouldStatesLawGivenUnitedUnited StatesHappenedStandardsImportanceCourtStrategyInternationalIraqReviewsNormFrameworkInternational LawGuantanamoGuantanamo Bay Author:Mary Robinson
“Gerhard Schröder offered a clear German NEIN to an American president's war of aggression that was in violation of international law. That took courage. Ms. Merkel did not join him at the time. If Trump now begins to take the wrecking ball to our set of values, we must say clearly: That is not our approach.” IfsWarLawValuesPresidentClearTrumpApproachBallsInternationalAggressionViolationInternational LawAmerican President Author:Martin Schulz
“The Russians always base their policies on values, and these values are the sovereignty of other countries, the international law, respecting other people, other cultures, so they don't interfere in whatever is related to the future of Syria or the Syrian people.” PeopleCountryLawValuesCulturePolicyInternationalRelatedOther CountriesInterfereSyriaSovereigntyRespecting OthersInternational LawOther Cultures Author:Bashar al-Assad
“The United States is a rogue state violating international law in many, many ways that California wouldn't have to if it seceded and became a nation.” IfsWayStatesLawNationsUnitedUnited StatesInternationalCaliforniaRoguesInternational Law Author:David Swanson
“Breaking the United States up into a number of pieces could be very good for the integration of those new nations with the rest of the world and the international law whose primary enemy is now the United States government. I think that it would be very good for democracy, for people to be within some hundreds of miles of their nation's capital, as they are in many other countries, so that they didn't have to travel thousands of miles to protest, to exercise their First Amendment rights, but that is the current state of affairs in this overly large, imperial nation.” PeopleThinkingWorldFirstsCountryStatesGovernmentWould BeLawNationsUnitedNumbersEnemyUnited StatesDemocracyPiecesRightsExerciseVery GoodAffairInternationalCurrentsMilesPrimariesProtestAmendmentsOther CountriesIntegrationFirst AmendmentState GovernmentInternational LawUnited States GovernmentFirst Amendment Rights Author:David Swanson
“Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn't have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or to any other moral value.” CountryLawValuesMoralInternationalOther CountriesTurkeysNatoInternational LawMoral Values Author:Bashar al-Assad
“We always say we have wishful thinking that the Unites States would be unbiased, respect the international law, doesn't interfere in other countries around the world, and of course to stop supporting terrorists in Syria.” ThinkingWorldCountryStatesWould BeLawCoursesInternationalTerroristAround The WorldOther CountriesInterfereSyriaWishful ThinkingInternational LawUnbiased Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Michael Flynn, national security adviser, [his reaction] to the Iranian missile test the other day was very frightening. Now the missile test is ill-advised, they shouldn't have done it. But it's not in violation of international law or international agreements. They shouldn't have done it. His reaction suggested maybe we're going to go to war in retaliation.” WarDoneLawSecurityTestsInternationalIllReactionsAgreementFrighteningNational SecurityViolationMissilesIranianAdviserInternational LawRetaliation Author:Noam Chomsky
“I am deeply gladdened that 1993 has been delcared the International Year of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations. It is the first year we have had in five hundred years. This is thanks to the struggle of many untitled, unnamed indigenous brothers who, without understanding international law, patiently walked the corridors asking for some time. Thanks to them this international year has been declared.” YearsFirstsHas BeensLawNationsUnderstandingUnitedStruggleFiveBrotherHundredAskingInternationalThanksUnited NationsIndigenousInternational LawCorridorsIndigenous People Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“When something like this [2003 invasion of Iraq] takes place, the international law professionals have a complicated task. There is a fringe that just tells the truth: Look, it's a violation of international law. But most have to construct complex arguments to justify it as defense counsel. That's basically their job, defense counsel for state power.” LooksStatesJobsLawArgumentTasksComplexesInternationalIraqComplicatedDefenseTelling The TruthJustifyConstructsInvasionFringeViolationInternational Law Author:Noam Chomsky
“If the most important revolutionary part of the George W. Bush Doctrine is that states that harbor terrorists are terrorist states, what do we conclude from that? We conclude exactly what Kissinger was kind enough to say: These doctrines are unilateral. They are not intended as doctrines of international law or doctrines of international affairs. They are doctrines that grant the U.S. the right to use force and violence and to harbor terrorists, but not anyone else.” IfsKindImportantStatesEnoughUseLawForceViolenceAffairInternationalTerroristDoctrineRevolutionaryGrantsHarborsInternational LawInternational AffairsKissinger Author:Noam Chomsky
“If we offer a prize, so to speak, to anyone who manages to bring a country under his physical control - namely, that they can then sell the country's resources and borrow in its name - then it's not surprising that generals or guerrilla movements will want to compete for this prize. But that the prize is there is really not the fault of the insiders. It is the fault of the dominant states and of the system of international law they maintain.” IfsWantCountryStatesLawNamesSpeakMovementOffersResourcesSellsFaultsInternationalManagePrizeSurprisingDominantInternational LawInsidersGuerrillas Author:Thomas Pogge
“Historically, international law lent a measure of legality to the colonial system, and allowed the West to set the rules for participation as a sovereign state on a global level. It also protected the interests of foreign investment in countries of the global South even when these were exploitative, and deprived countries of the benefits of resources situated within their territories.” CountryStatesLawInterestLevelsBenefitsResourcesWestInvestmentSouthInternationalTerritoryProtectedSovereignParticipationDeprivedInternational LawLegality Author:Richard A. Falk
“The idea of self-determination was gradually given credibility by international law, and it lent strong emancipatory support to movements of liberation struggling against a West-centric world order. Latin American countries used international law creatively, both to limit the protection of foreign investment by establishing the primacy of national sovereignty in relation to natural resources, and by building support for the norm on non-intervention in internal affairs.” WorldIdeasSelfCountryLawUsedOrderStrongGivenNaturalSupportStruggleMovementBuildingLimitsResourcesDeterminationRelationWestInvestmentAffairInternationalProtectionLiberationInternalsLatinSelf DeterminationSovereigntyNormInterventionCredibilityLatin AmericaNatural ResourcesWorld OrderInternational LawLatin AmericanPrimacyInternal AffairsNational Sovereignty Author:Richard A. Falk
“Both Israel and the United States have mounted attacks on 'lawfare', that is, counter-hegemonic uses of international law to question policies associated with the occupation of Palestine and criminal tactics of warfare.” StatesUseLawUnitedUnited StatesPolicyInternationalIsraelCriminalsOccupationWarfarePalestineTacticsInternational Law Author:Richard A. Falk
“Human rights and international criminal law both illustrate the contradictory potential of international law. On one level, the imposition of human rights norms is a restraint on interventionary diplomacy, especially if coupled with respect for the legal norm of self-determination. But on another level, the protection of human rights creates a pretext for intervention as given approval by the UN Security Council in the form of the R2P (responsibility to protect) norm, as used in the 2011 Libyan intervention. The same applies with international criminal accountability.” IfsHumansSelfFormLawUsedGivenLevelsResponsibilityRightsSecurityProtectDeterminationInternationalHuman RightsProtectionCriminalsAccountabilitySelf DeterminationApprovalRestraintNormDiplomacyCouncilInterventionContradictoryPretextInternational LawImpositionSecurity CouncilCriminal LawResponsibility To Protect Author:Richard A. Falk
“International law in its counter-hegemonic uses is very important in any domain where issues of legitimacy are significant, but is rarely able to have a corresponding behavioural impact.” ImportantUseAbleLawIssuesImpactInternationalSignificantDomainLegitimacyCorrespondingInternational Law Author:Richard A. Falk
“The fact that Universal Jurisdiction exists in relation to serious international crimes does convey two important aspects of the global reality: first, that such individuals would be held accountable if international law was applied without regard to geopolitics, and second, that there is enough ambiguity about the reach of UJ that it inhibits such individuals and conveys an impression of de facto criminality.” IfsFirstsDoeTwoImportantEnoughFactsRealityWould BeLawIndividualCrimeSeriousAspectUniversalRelationRegardInternationalImpressionAmbiguityGeopoliticsInternational LawCriminalityJurisdiction Author:Richard A. Falk
“International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens.” HumansLawHuman BeingsRightsCitizensInternationalGrantsInternational Law Author:Kofi Annan
“If you want to control the world you need to control the oil. Therefore the destruction of Iraq is a prerequisite to controlling oil. That means the destruction of the Iraqi national identity, since the Iraqis are committed to their principles and rights according to international law and the U.N. charter.” WorldMeanIdentityDestructionCommittedCharterInternational Law Author:Saddam Hussein
“I would have oriented myself in case of Donald Trump according to what former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said to then - U.S. President George W. Bush when the Americans launched a war that was in violation of international law. Schröder showed that a German chancellor can act in a clear and self-confident manner toward a U.S. president.” WarPresidentInternational Law Author:Martin Schulz
“The justice of a war basically refers to the question whether there is a right to attack in the first place. Justice in a war is concerned with whether the fighting happens in accordance with the international laws of war.” WarFightingJusticeConcernedInternational Law Author:Norman Finkelstein
“I think what we need is goodwill because now our struggle is harder because it is an economic struggle. And now Europe is organising itself. So I think there needs to be a rupture between Africa and Europe, and all the international laws being conceived here in the west have to be revisited and changed.” ThinkingStruggleEconomicChangedInternational Law Author:Ousmane Sembene
“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
“Russia's actions on the Crimean Peninsula were a serious violation of international law and of the principles upon which European peace is based. That is why we cannot let pass or ignore what took place.” ActionSeriousInternational Law Author:Frank-Walter Steinmeier
“There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.” SelfLawPrinciplesIntegrityDeterminationInternationalSelf DeterminationInternational LawTerritorial Author:Vladimir Putin
“This resolution simply says Israel has the right to defend itself. This includes conducting operations both inside its borders and in the territory of nations that threaten it, which is in accordance with international law.” LawNationsInternationalIsraelOperationsBordersResolutionTerritoryConductingInternational Law Author:John Boehner
“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
“The case against the notion of historical objectivity is like the case against international law, or international morality; that it does not exist.” DoeLawHistoryCasesMoralityHistoricalNotionInternationalObjectivityInternational Law Book:Historical inevitability Source: Historical inevitability
“Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that should meditate upon the outlawing of the cross-bow by Papal authority. Setting up the machinery for international law and order must surely precede disarmament. The Wild West did not abandon its shooting irons till after sheriffs and courts were established.” ThinkingWorldShouldWarLawOrderNiceAuthorityWeaponsCrossesCourtWestAffairInternationalSettingSettingsShootingWar Of The WorldsIronAbandonBowsPoliteMachineryDisarmamentLaw And OrderInternational LawSheriffsWild West Author:Joel Henry Hildebrand
“The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order.” GovernmentMightAbleTogetherLawOrderInternationalTerrorismCleverTransitionFragileCoalitionsInternational LawCounter Terrorism Author:Jurgen Habermas
“Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.” TogetherLawChallengesUnityInternationalTerrorismToleranceResolveZeroInternational LawScourgeZero Tolerance Author:Manmohan Singh
“I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect: In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council can sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state is inadmissible and can only be interpreted as an aggression.” StatesUseMightLawUsedForceLinesAttentionSecurityKeysGayDrawsAspectIndependentMethodInternationalJustifyAggressionSyriaSovereignCouncilSanctionsGay RightsPretextInternational LawSecurity CouncilUse Of Force Author:Vladimir Putin
“There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. ... We need to defend our principles and values, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of international law. If we don't our world will further descend into a state of chaos.” IfsWorldNeedsHumansStatesLawValuesCan DoDifferencesLibertyPrinciplesRightsMankindDangerousChaosInternationalHuman RightsMaking A DifferenceOur WorldCivil LibertiesInternational LawJuncturePrinciples And Values Author:Bianca Jagger
“In the corporeal world, international law is whatever the United States and Great Britain say it is.” WorldStatesLawUnitedUnited StatesInternationalBritainReal WorldGreat BritainInternational Law Author:Ann Coulter
“The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.” StatesLawInstitutionsInternationalSovereigntyInternational Law Author:George Soros