Author: Peter Maurer

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Not only does disability impact individual health and well-being, it also leads to social and economic exclusion.

Not only does disability impact individual health and well-being, it also leads to social and economic exclusion.

- Peter Maurer

The principal cause of suffering during humanitarian crises is insufficient respect of applicable rules of international humanitarian law.

The principal cause of suffering during humanitarian crises is insufficient respect of applicable rules of international humanitarian law.

- Peter Maurer

Experience shows that the reliance on illegal, immoral, and inhumane interrogation techniques is universally a very poor choice.

Experience shows that the reliance on illegal, immoral, and inhumane interrogation techniques is universally a very poor choice.

- Peter Maurer

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

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

- Peter Maurer

The sad fact is that horrendous human conflict is nothing new.

The sad fact is that horrendous human conflict is nothing new.

- Peter Maurer

We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose.

We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose.

- Peter Maurer

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