Kenneth Roth Quotes

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.

- Kenneth Roth

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There still is no appeal to an independent civilian court... The commissions still have Rumsfeld or his designate serving as prosecutor, judge, appellate judge and potential executioner. That has not changed one iota. - Kenneth Roth

If the U.S. accepts this consensus, the proposal is likely to be adopted. But if the U.S. insists on further amendments, we are likely to be worse off. Countries hostile to human rights protection are keen to introduce amendments that would weaken the new council. - Kenneth Roth

It obviously doesn't do everything we hoped for. But it is clearly better than the Human Rights Commission. - Kenneth Roth