Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made.


Pope Benedict in America (ed. Ignatius Press, 2008) - ISBN: 9781586172930

Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences...

Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences...

Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences...

Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences...