7 Quotes by Juan Mendez

My sense is there's the same kind of wariness. 'Let somebody else do it' is still very much in place.

We have not turned the corner. I found the situation much more dangerous and worrisome than I expected it to be.

We cannot let the government of Sudan get away with that, ... I haven't seen any indication of the international community telling Sudan, 'You don't have a choice, you have to cooperate with the ICC.'

The situation is unraveling ... and if it comes apart, the danger to civilians will be very great.

It is urgent that ... we establish a force that has both the troop strength, the equipment and an unambiguous mandate to protect civilians from harm.

I'm happy. It is a great feat and at the end of my career I'll look back and be more content about what I did.

In one of them, the attackers went in on horseback, and in the other one apparently trucks of the Sudanese army.