Quotes

‘…the sort of infractions and ethical breaches that appear before us make you wonder where the world is heading.'

Acting Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, criticising misconduct among members of the legal profession

‘At a time when the US has gutted all gender programming, the UK should be stepping up, not stepping back.’ 

Gideon Rabinowitz, policy director at Bond, a UK network of aid organisations on how UK aid cuts would impact Africa

‘We cannot accept such disdain for our sovereignty from France.’ 

Carmelo Nvono-Ncá, Equatorial Guinea’s agent, told the International Court of Justices when urging it to block the sale of a mansion in Paris linked to the President’s son and corruption accused Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue 

‘These targeted attacks on defenceless civilians, especially in places of worship, are not only revolting but also contrary to all norms of human rights and international humanitarian law,’

–Vivian van de Perre, deputy chief of Monusco, the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC, after an Islamic State group attacked a Catholic  church, killing 43 people yesterday