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Letter "K" » Kenneth Roth Quotes
«should be focused on the illegality of these prisons, not the revelation of the illegality.»
«Coalition forces generally tried to avoid killing Iraqis who weren't taking part in combat. But the deaths of hundreds of civilians still could have been prevented.»
«The decapitation strategy was an utter failure on military grounds, since it didn't kill a single Iraqi leader in 50 attempts. But it also failed on human rights grounds. It's no good using a precise weapon if the target hasn't been located precisely.»
«Property is an investment and it is susceptible to market forces, just like stocks»
«The people who carry out suicide bombings are not martyrs, they're war criminals, and so are the people who help plan such attacks. The scale and systematic nature of these attacks sets them apart from other abuses committed in times of conflict. They clearly fall under the category of crimes against humanity.»
«The prohibition against targeting civilians doesn't depend on the behavior of one's adversary. Even in the face of Israeli violations of international law, Palestinian armed groups must refrain from deliberate attacks against civilians.»
«Armed conflicts often involve discrepancies of power between adversaries. Allowing those discrepancies to justify attacking civilians would create an immense loophole in the protections of international humanitarian law.»
«Moral squeamishness shouldn't stand in the way of finding solutions to this terrible crisis.»
«There had been tremendous progress toward a consensus in creating a human rights council. That consensus has now been damaged because Bolton picked up the pages of the draft document and threw them into the air.»
«Those who incite others to commit terrorism must be prosecuted. But the resolution's sponsors have made it easy for abusive governments to invoke the resolution to target peaceful political opponents, impose censorship and close mosques, churches and schools.»