Stjepan Mesic Quotes

There should be a single standard in the world for human rights.

Clearly, the response to terrorism and violent extremism must respect human rights and comply with international law. That is not just a question of justice but of effectiveness.

What I'm trying to bring attention to is that human rights is a big important part of how to prevent conflict in the first place if we focus on how the governments are treating their people.

Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic and environmental development.

Liberals have been committed to the principles of human rights, international stability, and international justice. They have also sought international solutions to those problems which have demanded collective attention.

The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable.

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

My hope is that the 21st century will be the first century where there will be no violation of human rights, and to that end, Japan would like to do our outmost.

Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.

I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of law-abiding nations in prohibiting, investigating, and prosecuting all acts of torture … and we are leading this fight by example.

Sooner of later, universal human rights will include the right not to be killed by the government.

Human rights must remain one of the basic objectives of all rapprochement between our peoples, especially on the European continent.

Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

Stability is a reasonable foreign policy goal, but not at the expense of human rights.

The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to worry too much about semantics.

A peaceful world requires collective measures for the prevention of war, international cooperation to solve economic and social problems, and respect for human rights.

Foreign relations should involve human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection.

What the hell is happening to the world when those who were at the origin of... international humanitarian law start questioning in public debates whether it has any relevance or should be respected?

The first piece of advice I would have from my experience is that governments need to be vocal about human rights.

There is no country in this world that is immune to violating human rights.

'Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against genocide.

Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we are mistaken for the enemy. There has been a clear erosion of respect for U.N. blue and our impartiality.

When human rights are systematically abused, it raises the question whether it may be legitimate in some circumstances for the international community to intervene within individual states as well as in conflicts between states.

The U.N. is worse than disaster. The U.N. creates conflicts. Look at the disgraceful U.N. Human Rights Council: It transmits norms which are harmful, anti-liberty and anti-Semitic, among other things. The world would be better off in its absence.

You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.