Peter Maurer

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. ”

The International Committee of the Red Cross visits roughly half a million detainees in nearly 100 countries each year. It's our job to try to prevent and put an end to torture and ill-treatment. ”

Cities are drivers of growth and wealth, and at the same time, cities are becoming increasingly violent. ”

Where you are born, your parent's beliefs, or your ethnic background should not make you a target. ”

If you back out of a convention... you can't dodge your obligation. Torture is still not acceptable. ”

Can you really send back people to where they are fleeing from? ”

Torture can destroy the social fabric of communities, degrade a society's institutions, and undermine the integrity of its political systems. ”

When millions of kids are missing out on school, delivering educational services becomes an issue that concerns the humanitarian system. ”

Cities tend to be representations of societies: diversity and inequality find their extremes in urban settings. Yet, when war is added onto pre-existing inequalities, high levels of poverty, or even disaster, urban fragility increases exponentially, making it harder to absorb the shocks of warfare. ”

Every day, we hear of civilians being killed and wounded in violation of the basic rules of international humanitarian law and with total impunity. Instability is spreading. Suffering is growing. No country can remain untouched. ”