Alfred-Maurice de Zayas on Time
Browse 8 quotations attributed to Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, catalogued under time, with dates where available.
This page displays 8 quotations attributed to Alfred-Maurice de Zayas and filed under "time" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, entry #181378: "The issue of corporate criminal responsibility for ecocide and other offences deserves in-depth analysis in a future report"
Attributed to Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, entry #188996: "Parliaments that do not genuinely represent, but act as if they had a blank check for x number of years lose their legitimacy."
8 Quotes by Alfred-Maurice de Zayas on Time
"The issue of corporate criminal responsibility for ecocide and other offences deserves in-depth analysis in a future report"
"Parliaments that do not genuinely represent, but act as if they had a blank check for x number of years lose their legitimacy."
"It is time to reinvigorate the UN General Assembly so that it can exercise a more decisive role in peace-making and peace-keeping, consistent with the will of the international community."
"Attention must be given to the penal consequences of violations of the right to peace, including the punishment by domestic courts or in due time by the International Criminal Court of those who have engaged in aggression and propaganda for war."
"Global military spending levels constitute an unconscionable use of resources and remain at an all-time high, reaching a total of USD 1.75 trillion in 2012, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute."
"It is high time to mainstream human rights into all trade agreements and World Trade Organization rules and regulations, so that trade representatives and dispute-settlers know that trade is neither a “stand alone” regime not an end in itself."
"We should gradually move toward a new system with multiple parties so that the will of the people is also better represented, so that democratic pluralism can unfold. Biden should also strengthen the US Constitution and the rule of law, and work against the “seizure of power” by techno-giants, who are engaged in a profound manipulation of public opinion, which corrupts and sabotages democracy. He must make the idea of the "Marketplace of Ideas" socially acceptable again. The visible but slow slide into an Orwellian dystopia must be stopped. Today rather than tomorrow."
"Several UN special rapporteurs have repeatedly demanded transparency and accountability for crimes committed in Guantanamo. More recently, they have addressed the specific demand to President Biden that he immediately close Guantanamo. But of course, closing Guantanamo is not enough. The crimes committed there must be investigated, as I already demanded in one of my own press releases back in 2016. Days ago marked the 19th anniversary of the opening of this modern-day Gulag at Guantanamo, where over 700 detainees have been tortured and incarcerated under inhumane conditions"