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Peter Maurer
Peter Maurer
Swiss Activist
Born: 1956
Conflict Day Humanitarian People Will You
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Torture and other forms of cruel or humiliating treatment are an affront to humanity, and the physical and psychological scars can last a lifetime. Peter Maurer
Humanity Humiliating Other Torture Physical Scars Lifetime Cruel Affront Psychological Forms Last Treatment
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. Peter Maurer
Try Job Half Year Our Visits Torture Cross Prevent Put Red Countries End Committee International Each Roughly Each Year Nearly Million
Conflicts are not temporary interruptions: they are structural, socio-economic catastrophes, and funding must be allocated accordingly. Peter Maurer
Must Temporary Structural Allocated Accordingly Conflicts Socio-Economic Funding Interruptions
Ensuring the respect of international humanitarian law and principles is one of the key areas necessary to establish accountability chains. Peter Maurer
Respect Key Law Accountability Ensuring Area Principles Establish International Chains Humanitarian Necessary
The whole essence of humanitarian work and the Geneva Convention is that neutral, impartial organisations can operate during war. Peter Maurer
Work War Impartial Neutral Geneva Geneva Convention Operate Essence Convention Organisations Whole Humanitarian
The disconnect between what people think and what the political leaders are actually doing is something that we really need to start raising. Peter Maurer
People Political Think Something Leaders Between Disconnect Doing Political Leaders Really Actually Start Need Raising
Experience shows that the reliance on illegal, immoral, and inhumane interrogation techniques is universally a very poor choice. Peter Maurer
Experience Reliance Immoral Very Poor Choice Illegal Inhumane Shows Techniques Interrogation Universally
The young, the old, women, the disabled, the sick and the wounded are entitled to protection under international law. Too often, the ICRC's calls for those laws to be respected are ignored. Peter Maurer
Women Law Protection Old Entitled Young Sick Too Respected Those Wounded Laws Disabled Calls Often Ignored Old Women International International Law
Even in war, everyone deserves to be treated humanely. Peter Maurer
War Everyone Even Deserves Treated
Humanitarian action cannot be held hostage to political ends. Peter Maurer
Political Action Hostage Ends Cannot Held Humanitarian
Until the last nuclear weapon is eliminated, more must also be done to reduce the risk of a detonation. Nuclear-armed states should reduce the number of warheads on high alert and be clearer about the actions they are taking to prevent accidents. Peter Maurer
Accidents States High Must Weapon About Risk More Prevent Taking Clearer Until Also Reduce Done Should Actions Nuclear Eliminated Nuclear Weapon Last Number Alert
Suffering does not change its face. Peter Maurer
Change Suffering Face Does
As conflicts last longer, as the scale of needs increase, we are having to adapt. There is an increasing blurring between immediate humanitarian assistance and long-term development needs. Peter Maurer
Needs Increase Increasing Immediate Scale Having Development Between Long-Term Longer Conflicts Humanitarian Assistance Last Adapt
Short-termism is no longer an option. We have to envisage humanitarian action with a medium- and long-term perspective. Peter Maurer
Perspective Action Medium Long-Term Longer Envisage Option Humanitarian
Humanitarian assistance, once conceived as a short-term relief effort, is increasingly the only substitute for long-term development work in protracted armed conflicts. Peter Maurer
Work Increasingly Once Relief Only Development Long-Term Conceived Armed Protracted Effort Substitute Conflicts Short-Term Humanitarian Assistance
The fragility created by protracted conflicts, resulting in destroyed cities and dramatically insufficient services, is not something that humanitarian organizations can address comprehensively. Only political solutions can end armed conflicts. Peter Maurer
Political Dramatically Address Destroyed Cities Solutions Something Only Resulting Armed Insufficient Protracted End Conflicts Created Organizations Humanitarian Services Fragility
The humanitarian ecosystem is diverse - not only is there a variety of traditional humanitarian actors, but the system should also embrace an increasing diversity of private sector actors. Peter Maurer
Diversity Increasing Sector System Embrace Diverse Only Variety Ecosystem Also Traditional Private Private Sector Should Actor Humanitarian
People living through armed conflicts need infrastructure and services which will last, and the last thing on their mind is which budget line applies. Peter Maurer
People Mind Will Living Through Budget Armed Line Conflicts Which Infrastructure Thing Services Last Need
The relatively unpredictable flow of funds to humanitarian organizations, and the bureaucratic strings often attached to them, can have a highly negative impact on an organization's ability to plan and execute programmes effectively. We need to be able to rely on predictable income flows to plan sustainable programmes. Peter Maurer
Organization Negative Programmes Relatively Strings Ability Unpredictable Able Impact Rely Attached Highly Execute Effectively Bureaucratic Often Sustainable Predictable Them Plan Organizations Income Humanitarian Flow Funds Need Flows
Economic activity can help repair war-torn societies, but if it's not conducted responsibly, it can also create or prolong violence. Companies and international organisations must help strengthen communities and overcome the trauma of violence. Peter Maurer
Overcome Prolong Must Responsibly Economic Economic Activity Also Repair Create Organisations Communities Help Companies International Trauma Activity Societies Strengthen Violence
Wars are getting longer, they are more complex, and the humanitarian need is great. Peter Maurer
Great Complex More Longer Getting Wars Humanitarian Need
We need to continue to modernise current humanitarian work while at the same time drive a more systemic shift in how we envision the operation and financing of humanitarian solutions. Peter Maurer
Work Time Drive Systemic Financing Solutions More Envision Operation How Continue Shift Same Current Same Time While Modernise Humanitarian Need
If private-sector capital can be harnessed for social good, the potential to scale humanitarian solutions is vast. Peter Maurer
Good Scale Solutions Potential Vast Social Capital Humanitarian
The issue of corruption in the humanitarian system is not an issue which is fundamentally different from dangers of corruption in other areas. One of the best ways to strengthen accountability is to engage in principled and law-based humanitarian action. Peter Maurer
Best Corruption Accountability Action Other Ways Dangers System Area Principled Issue Different Which Engage Humanitarian Fundamentally Strengthen
The mess in the world is a strong driver because, at the end of the day, it's the increasing unacceptability of the divergences and rifts in the world economically, socially, politically, and culturally which lead everybody to say, 'We have to do something.' Peter Maurer
Day World Strong End Of The Day Increasing Everybody Say Something Driver Lead Economically Mess Because End Politically Which Socially
We live in an environment in which connectivity and cyberspace are transforming all workplaces, including the humanitarian workplace. Peter Maurer
Live Environment Which Transforming Cyberspace Workplace Including Humanitarian
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