Book description
Geoffrey Robertson QC, acclaimed author of The Case of the
Pope, presents a freshly updated version of his masterwork,
Crimes Against Humanity
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.
'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 and comprehensible, and legal
complexities are rendered into simple and lucid prose' Sunday Telegraph
Geoffrey Robertson QC has appeared as counsel in landmark human
rights cases in British, International and Commonwealth courts. He is
Head of Doughty Street Chambers and Visiting Professor in Human Rights
at Birkbeck College. His other books include FREEDOM, THE INDIVIDUAL
AND THE LAW and MEDIA LAW (both in Penguin) and his memoir, THE
JUSTICE GAME, was published in 1998. He lives in London.
Geoffrey Robertson QC has appeared as counsel in landmark human
rights cases in British, International and Commonwealth courts. He is
Head of Doughty Street Chambers and Visiting Professor in Human Rights
at Birkbeck College. His other books include FREEDOM, THE INDIVIDUAL AND
THE LAW and MEDIA LAW (both in Penguin) and his memoir, THE JUSTICE
GAME, was published in 1998. He lives in London.
