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Geoffrey Robertson is a former U.N. appeals judge and author of Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice (Penguin, and the New Press). His latest book is Mullahs without Mercy: Human Right and Nuclear Weapons (Biteback/ Random House, 2012).

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The World’s Littlest Freedom Fighters

SOS

Norfolk Island will be colonized by Australia in July. Renowned lawyer Geoffrey Robertson explains why he is representing the island's 1700 people who are desperate to remain free.

Geoffrey Robertson | Published Apr 27, 2016

Exclusive: Britain Has Lost Its Marbles

APPEASEMENT

Geoffrey Robertson and Amal Clooney helped Greece fight for the return of the Elgin Marbles. Britain refuses to listen, but has shocked the art world by secretly loaning one of the antiquities to Russia.

Geoffrey Robertson | Published Dec 05, 2014

Three Key Questions on Syria

Answer This

The U.S., France, and others must answer these legal quagmires before committing to strikes.

Geoffrey Robertson | Published Aug 30, 2013

Snowden Should Go To Europe

Hong Kong may not have been the best place for Edward Snowden to hide, but Europe could be his best choice, argues Geoffrey Robertson.

Geoffrey Robertson | Published Jun 13, 2013

How to Stop Paedophile Priests

Mea Maxima Culpa

The next pope bears the responsibility of preventing sexual abuse in the church. Geoffrey Robertson on the one reform needed to protect vulnerable children.

Geoffrey Robertson | Published Mar 12, 2013

Sri Lanka Sacks Chief Justice

The Courts

The government’s underhanded sacking of a chief justice is set to go unpunished—unless the international community acts to send a message, says Geoffrey Robertson.

Geoffrey Robertson | Published Mar 01, 2013

Pope’s Tenure Marred by Human-Rights Failures

Vatican Shocker

Joseph Ratzinger—a.k.a. Pope Benedict XVI—should have retired when the church’s sex-abuse scandal erupted—but he continued to protect predator priests, writes Geoffrey Robertson.

Geoffrey Robertson | Published Feb 11, 2013

How to Stop Iran

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION

A proposal out of Mexico could save us all: make the bomb a crime against humanity. By Geoffrey Robertson.

Geoffrey Robertson | Published Jan 05, 2013

Europe’s Aung San Suu Kyi?

Human Rights

As Ukraine heads to the polls, Julia Tymoshenko languishes in prison at the mercy of her political enemies. Geoffrey Robertson describes the ongoing injustice.

Geoffrey Robertson | Published Oct 23, 2012

Who Exactly Owns Diego Garcia?

Disputed Territory

Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean, must fend off claims by the U.K. and U.S., writes Geoffrey Robertson.

Geoffrey Robertson | Published Jun 09, 2012

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