“The Holocaust has proven to be an indispensable ideological weapon. Through its deployment, one of the world's most formidable military powers, with a horrendous human rights record, has cast itself as a "victim" state, and the most successful ethnic group in the US has likewise acquired victim status.” WorldHumansStatesSuccessfulRecordsRightsGroupsMilitaryWeaponsVictimHuman RightsCastsHolocaustProvenIndispensableIdeologicalFormidableDeploymentMilitary PowerEthnic Groups Author:Norman Finkelstein
“The abuse of the veto power has become so predictable that frequently resolutions are not even tabled because of the certainty of a veto against their adoption. Necessary discussion is thereby suppressed. Concerted action by the Security Council, the General Assembly and other United Nations agencies is necessary to prevent major human rights violations, stop ongoing breaches and provide remedies to victims.” HumansActionNationsUnitedRightsSecurityMajorsAbuseVictimHuman RightsCertaintyDiscussionAgencyResolutionRemedyAdoptionUnited NationsCouncilOngoingViolationPredictableAssemblyBreachVetoSecurity CouncilGeneral Assembly Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“One of the problems that we have in the human rights community is that special interests often forget the interests of other victims, and there's competition among victims expressions that are unnecessary.” HumansProblemInterestCommunityForgetRightsSpecialExpressionVictimCompetitionHuman RightsUnnecessarySpecial Interests Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. And ISIL is certainly not a state. It was formerly al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq, and has taken advantage of sectarian strife and Syria's civil war to gain territory on both sides of the Iraq-Syrian border. It is recognized by no government, nor the people it subjugates. ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.” PeopleWayHas BeensTwoWarStatesRealityGovernmentReligionPoliticsSidesCommunityLeadershipSimpleVisionClassTakenClearViolenceGenerationsPolicyPureEthicsGainsAdvantageOrganizationVictimMajorityStrategyUnityKillingHuman RightsIraqTerrorismTerroristIdeologyBordersCivil WarTwo ThingsIslamicAlsTerritoryForeign PolicySyriaStrifeBoth SidesSlaughterAl QaedaIsilIslamic TerrorismTaken Advantage Author:Barack Obama
“If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is a crime where there is not consent. It is a felony. And we need to start making sure victims understand that, so they don't do the self blame.” IfsNeedsSelfRealityCommunityJusticeViolenceCrimeGunVictimBlameHuman RightsDrunkConsentFelony Author:Claire McCaskill
“We oppress people, we make our victims small wherever they are, whether they are a black girl in a rural community in, say, America or Britain, or whether it's something happening out there in one of the countries of conflict. I mean Sri Lanka, the human rights abuse there is appalling.” PeopleHumansMeanCountryAmericaGirlBlackCommunityRightsConflictHappeningsAbuseVictimHuman RightsBritainSri LankaBlack GirlRural Communities Author:Roma Tearne
“At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.” GivingHumansSupportRightsHeroVictimHuman RightsOppressionCarter Author:Jimmy Carter
“We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.” PeopleWantPastRacismVictimHuman RightsMythToleranceRuinsIntolerancePhilanthropyRefugeeJungleIndigenousZoosIndigenous People Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“I believe we should try to move away from the vocabulary and attitudes which shape the stereotyping of developed and developing country approaches to human rights issues. We are collective custodians of universal human rights standards, and any sense that we fall into camps of "accuser" and "accused" is absolutely corrosive of our joint purposes. The reality is that no group of countries has any grounds for complacency about its own human rights performance and no group of countries does itself justice by automatically slipping into the "victim" mode.” ShouldTryingBelieveHumansDoeCountryRealityMovingPurposeFallI BelieveJusticeAttitudeIssuesRightsGroupsShapesApproachStandardsPerformancesUniversalVictimHuman RightsDevelopingCollectivesCampsStereotypeVocabularyAccusedJointsComplacencySlippingDeveloping CountriesCustodiansAccusers Author:Mary Robinson
“We should not give up and say that the situation is hopeless. There is still our conscience, there is still the memory of the victims of this war, there is still our duty to try and prevent further bloodshed. We have to prosecute all the perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity.” GivingShouldTryingStillsWarHumanityMemoriesSituationCrimeDutyGiving UpConscienceVictimHuman RightsTortureHopelessNot Giving UpBloodshedPerpetratorsWar CrimesCrimes Against Humanity Author:Lidia Yusupova
“The reality is that no group of countries has any grounds for complacency about its own human rights performance and no group of countries does itself justice by automatically slipping into the "victim" mode . . . .” HumansDoeCountryRealityJusticeRightsGroupsPerformancesVictimHuman RightsComplacencySlippingCustodians Author:Kofi Annan
“Poverty cannot be accepted as a pretext and justification for the exploitation of children. It does not explain the huge global demand with, in many instances, customers from rich countries circumventing their national laws to exploit children in other countries. Sex tourism has spread its illicit wings wide, and paedophiles search for their victims in all parts of the globe. The problem is compounded by the criminal networks which benefit from the trade in children, and by collusion and corruption in many national settings.” ChildrenDoeCountryProblemLawSexPovertyRichHugeDemandBenefitsVictimTradeWingsHuman RightsCorruptionSpreadCustomersWideCriminalsAcceptedSettingSettingsInstanceJustificationOther CountriesExploitationGlobesExploitsTourismPretextRich CountriesCollusion Author:Vitit Muntarbhorn
“A play that forces us to question our moral responsibility to the victims of human rights abuse.” HumansPlayForceResponsibilityMoralRightsAbuseVictimHuman RightsMoral Responsibility Author:Lynn Nottage
“It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their liberty, dignity and human rights. We have to work together to realize the equal rights promised to all by the United Nations Charter. And we must collectively give meaning to the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that "no one shall be held in slavery or servitude"” GivingHumansTogetherNationsVoiceRealizingUnitedLibertyRightsCrimeEqualDignityUniversalRaisesVictimSlaveryHuman RightsWorking TogetherDeclarationUnited NationsEqual RightsServitudeCharterDeclaration Of Human Rights Author:Ban Ki-moon
“The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.” HumansWarHelpingJusticeIssuesRightsCommitmentRedCrossesVictimHuman RightsBritishCampaignsTurning PointsFundraisingNicaraguaRed Cross Author:Bianca Jagger
“If in the past, you didn't cry out when thousands of protesters were killed and injured by Turkey, Egypt and Libya, when more victims than ever were hanged by Iran, women and children in Afghanistan were bombed, whole communities were massacred in South Sudan, 1800 Palestinians were starved and murdered by Assad in Syria, hundreds in Pakistan were killed by jihadist terror attacks, 10,000 Iraqis were killed by terrorists, villagers were slaughtered in Nigeria, but you only cry out for Gaza, then you are not Pro Human Rights, you are only Anti-Israel.” IfsHumansChildrenWholePastCommunityRightsCryVictimSouthHuman RightsIsraelTerroristIranAfghanistanPalestinianSyriaEgyptPakistanTurkeysInjuredNigeriaGazaLibyaTerrorist AttacksAssadSudan Author:Hillel Neuer