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Crimes Against Humanity
The Struggle For Global Justice
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A freshly updated version of the definitive book on human rights law, now with a new chapter on war crimes in Ukraine and the continuing war in Gaza. In a newly updated edition of Crimes Against Humanity, Geoffrey Robertson QC explains why we must hold political...
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A freshly updated version of the definitive book on human rights law, now with a new chapter on war crimes in Ukraine and the continuing war in Gaza.
In a newly updated edition of Crimes Against Humanity, Geoffrey Robertson QC explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture, and mass murder. He shows how human rights standards can be enforced against cruel governments, armies, and multinational corporations. This seminal work contains a critical perspective on events such as the invasion of Iraq, the abuses at Abu Ghraib, the killings in Darfur, the death of Milosevic, and the trial of Saddam Hussein.
Cautiously optimistic about ending impunity, but unsparingly critical of diplomats, politicians, Bush lawyers, and others who evade international rules, this book will provide further guidance to a movement which aims to make justice predominant in world affairs.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781802063240
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 November 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 44.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 713g
Pages: 1040
About the Author
Geoffrey Robertson KC 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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