"War is
hell. It's not terrible. It's awful. And in addition to being cruel and mean
and rotten, it's stupid, because look at what we do now. We take young people,
if the heads of state can't agree, you send young people to kill other young
people they don't even know, who may never have harmed them or anybody else,
and they get tired of killing them and then they stop and each side declares
victory, rests for a while, and they go back again and they start killing each
other again." - Benjamin Ferencz (96)
Beginning in 1945 with his prosecution of war criminals
during the Nuremberg Tribunal, the work of Benjamin Ferencz has long focused on
issues of international criminal justice and world peace. A strong supporter of
the International Criminal Court, Mr. Ferencz advocates steps to replace the
“rule of force with the rule of law.” This website is devoted to his
life’s work. LAW. NOT WAR
