Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Maria Julia Hernandez

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Last updated on September 16, 2024.
Maria Julia Hernandez

María Julia Hernández was a prominent human rights advocate who tried to speak for victims of the civil war in El Salvador. She was the founding director of Tutela Legal, the human rights office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador.

January 30, 1939 - March 30, 2007
Victims should come first. — © Maria Julia Hernandez
Victims should come first.
After a war, the silencing of arms is not enough. Peace means respecting all rights. You can't respect one of them and violate the others. When a society doesn't respect the rights of its citizens, it undermines peace and leads it back to war.
The situation of the Salvadorian people is terrible; all their rights are violated. There is a direct violation against the human person, a violation of rights that is endemic in society.
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