A freshly updated version of the book on human rights the Observer says 'millions will be reading in the century to come'
Explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture and mass murder. This book shows how human rights standards can be enforced against cruel governments, armies and multi-national corporations. It contains a critical perspective on events, such as the invasion of Iraq, the abuses at Abu Ghraib and more.
A freshly updated version of the book on human rights the Observer says 'millions will be reading in the century to come'
Explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture and mass murder. This book shows how human rights standards can be enforced against cruel governments, armies and multi-national corporations. It contains a critical perspective on events, such as the invasion of Iraq, the abuses at Abu Ghraib and more.
A freshly updated version of the book on human rights the Observer says 'millions will be reading in the century to come'In this fresh edition of the book that has inspired the global justice movement, Geoffrey Robertson QC explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture and mass murder - the crimes against humanity that have disfigured the world. He shows how human rights standards can be enforced against cruel governments, armies and multi-national corporations. This seminal work now contains a critical perspective on recent events, such as the Obama administration's use of drone warfare, the Charles Taylor conviction, the trials of Mladic, Karadzic and Khalid Sheik Mohammed and the "Mullahs without Mercy" soon with nuclear arms.
“His arguments are exceptionally clear and comprehensible, and legal complexities are rendered into simple and lucid prose”
Millions will be reading his book in the century to come if we are serious in our intention to stop massacres. Observer
His arguments are exceptionally clear ... simple and lucid prose. Daily Telegraph
States are the biggest bullies in the world. In this book, Geoffrey Robertson shows how they can be tamed. Mail on Sunday
A devastating critique of the inadequate response of the international community to violations of basic freedoms ... a formidable achievement. Evening Standard
A beacon of clear-sighted commitment to the humanitarian cause ... impassioned ... exemplary ... seminal. Observer
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Geoffrey Robertson QC is founder and head of Doughty Street Chambers, the largest human rights practice in the UK. In 2008, he was appointed as a distinguished jurist member of the UN Justice Council. His books include Crimes Against Humanity- The Struggle for Global Justice, a memoir, The Justice Game, The Case of the Pope and The Tyrannicide Brief, an award winning study of the trial of Charles I.
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