Best quotes by Emily Thornberry on Law

Checkout quotes by Emily Thornberry on Law

• ‟ We need to put human rights, a belief in multilateralism and respect for international law back at the heart of foreign policy.

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• ‟ Our courts' decisions do not permeate the public consciousness - we have no equivalent of the Brown v Board of Education ruling which outlawed racial segregation, or of Roe v Wade, which enshrined a woman's right to choose not just into law but into the public imagination as well.

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• ‟ One of the fundamental pillars of international humanitarian law is that proper distinction should be made between military targets and civilians. That is why indiscriminate bombing, let alone the deliberate targeting of residential areas or agricultural infrastructure, is considered a war crime.

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• ‟ It is up to Labour to keep alive the belief that government should be for the whole nation and that no section of society should place itself beyond scrutiny and above the law.

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• ‟ The financial elite do not need special laws for themselves. This is one nation and there is one criminal law.

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