Podcasts about geoffrey robertson qc

Geoffrey Robertson QC talks to Cheryl Akle about his unique perspective on Vladimir Putin, international law and human rights. His latest book, The Trial of Vladimir Putin, is out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geoffrey Robertson QC is an International Human Rights Judge, Australian Barrister and Author. He spoke to Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings to preview his speaking tour “It's No Longer Hypothetical” show coming to Perth on Saturday.  Mr Robertson will analyse current politics and international turmoil and explain how fake news distorts democracy and what is happening to the royal family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Geoffrey Robertson QC will pose hypothetical questions to a panel of high-profile guests live on stage for one night only on August 4.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled minutes before take-off after legal rulings on Tuesday evening. Today's Katya Adler spoke to Geoffrey Robertson QC who represented the lead case before the European Court of Human Rights and Today's Amol Rajan spoke to Cabinet Secretary Thérèse Coffey. (Image Credits:EPA/ANDY RAIN)

Abandoned Australians, Cultural Restitution and Human Rights AccountabilityDiscussion with Geoffrey Robertson QC on how Australia's COVID response, including its border closure to citizens abroad, has violated human rights and Geoffrey's petition on behalf of abandoned Australians before the Human Rights Committee. We also discuss the lack of constitutional rights in Australia and the need for a bill of rights. Additionally, we discuss the secret, political trial of barrister Bernard Collaery. We also discuss cultural restitution and the case of the British Museum's refusal to return the Parthenon sculptures to Greece. Additionally, we discuss the importance of social and economic rights, corporate accountability for human rights, the Magnitsky Act and its adoption by numerous states as a way to target human rights violators.For More Info:https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspxhttps://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspxhttps://covid19.dfat.gov.au/citizeninformation/s/https://strandedaussies.com/get-informed#gs.8she2phttps://strandedaussies.com/#gs.8shy75https://freeandopenaustralia.org/http://www.helleniccouncil.org.au/docs/The%20Case%20for%20the%20Return%20of%20the%20Parthenon%20Sculptures.pdfhttps://removethecap.com/https://inmyblooditruns.com/https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2019/11/29/stop-putting-kids-in-prison-australian-governments-toldhttps://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/downloadPdf/2020/HCA/48https://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/downloadPdf/2021/HCA/5https://www.vgso.vic.gov.au/implied-constitutional-freedom-political-communicationhttps://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/showCase/2019/HCA/23https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/legal/submission/inquiry-australian-security-intelligence-organisation-amendment-bill-2020https://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/downloadPdf/2019/HCA/23https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/indefinite-detention-australia-refugee-law/https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/18169/index.dohttps://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2021/5/17/collaery-charges-must-be-dropped-and-undemocratic-secrecy-orders-must-end

David Dungay Jr's name has become a frequent rallying cry at Black Lives Matter protests across Australia. Now the family of the Dunghutti man, who died in custody in 2015, is teaming up with the barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC to take their case to the UN human rights commission, arguing Australia has breached its international human rights obligations. Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam explains the legal reasoning behind the case and what it could mean for the Dungay family and all families affected by a death in custody

Ben Eltham, National Affairs Correspondent for New Matilda talks about the latest in federal politics, including what we know about tomorrow's budget. Human rights advocate and barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC joins Amy to discuss his new book, Bad People: And How to Be Rid of Them: A Plan B for Human Rights, which is the first book published on 'Magnitsky Laws' that have been adopted by 31 countries worldwide. Dr Chloe Ward, historian and Research Officer at the EU Centre of Excellence, RMIT, chats about the results of Scotland's election, the political fallout in Britain, and the renewed push for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC joins Amy to discuss his new book, 'Bad People – and How to Be Rid of Them: A Plan B for Human Rights,' which is the first book published on the 'Magnitsky laws' that have been adopted by 31 countries. Geoffrey explains how targeted sanctions can act as a deterrent and punishment for individuals who commit crimes against humanity and engage in corrupt activities. Broadcast on 11 May 2021.

Human rights advocate and barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC joins Amy to discuss his new book, Bad People: And How to Be Rid of Them: A Plan B for Human Rights, which is the first book published on the 'Magnitsky Laws' that have been adopted by 31 countries worldwide. Geoffrey explains how targeted sanctions can act as a deterrent and punishment for individuals who commit crimes against humanity and serious corruption.

Geoffrey Robertson QC argues for stronger International Human Rights Laws improving and extending the existing Magnitsky Laws and he also exposes the connection between human rights abuses and corruption.

Geoffrey Robertson QC is one of Britain’s leading human rights champions. Twenty years ago he helped fuel the global justice movement with his groundbreaking book Crimes Against Humanity. In April 2021, alongside fellow human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and campaigner Bill Browder, he took part in a special Intelligence Squared online event in partnership with Doughty Street Chambers to set out what he calls his ‘plan B for human rights’. This would involve countries introducing and enforcing fresh laws to name, blame and shame human rights abusers, stripping them of their right to enter democratic nations, of the ill-gotten funds they seek to deposit in global banks, and barring them and their families from schools and hospitals in these countries.Expanding on the themes of his new book Bad People And How To Be Rid Of Them, Robertson makes the case for a group of laws known as Magnitsky legislation after Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in a Russian jail after exposing state corruption.To find out more and to buy the book click here: https://bit.ly/3dXhvNn Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rerelease of Ep 07. Check out the full shownotes, video and transcript for this episode: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2019/04/geoffrey-robertson-qc-exploring-religious-freedom-episode-07

The Wigs sat down with Geoffrey Robinson QC to talk about international law in the context of a war over Nagorno- Karabakh.    Geoffrey Robertson Q.C. is a human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. He holds dual Australian and British citizenship.  He is a founder and joint head of Doughty Street Chambers in London. He serves as a Master of the Bench at the Middle Temple, a recorder, and visiting professor at Queen Mary University of London.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The question of whether Western nations must return the artefacts plundered under colonial rule is the most pressing issue in the art world today. From the Elgin Marbles to the return of more than twelve thousand stolen artefacts from Belgium’s Africa Museum, the cry for the restitution of cultural objects once stolen under armed force or conquest is being heard across the globe. And the call is being heard in the highest echelons of power: from President Macron’s commitment to returning hundreds of artworks acquired by force or fraud in Africa to Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece. Geoffrey Robertson QC has earned a formidable reputation as the UK’s leading human rights lawyer advocating in the most important legal cases of our age - from representing Salman Rushdie during the fatwa to fighting for free speech in the world-famous OZ trial. He’s helped the Greek government with legal arguments to reunite the Parthenon Marbles, and Tasmanian Aborigines in their action against the Natural History Museum for the return of the remains of their ancestors. He joins the How To Academy Podcast to delve into the debate over the Elgin Marbles, and offer a system for the return of cultural property based on human rights principles that aims to ensure the past can be experienced by everyone, as well as by the people of the country of origin.

We speak to world-renowned human rights lawyer of Doughty Street Chambers, Geoffrey Robertson QC. He discusses the new indictments being brought by the US against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and why they have been brought at such a late stage, why the US is pushing so hard for his extradition, his belief that Julian Assange would get 50 years in prison if he is extradited to the US, alleged bugging of Ecuador’s embassy in London by the US to spy on Assange, his limited access to lawyers inside Belmarsh Prison and much more! Finally, we speak to Dragons’ Den star and business mogul Deborah Meaden. She discusses the economic impacts of Covid-19, the turbulent environment small and medium-sized businesses face with coronavirus, as well as a potential no-deal Brexit at the end of the year, her disappointment in the government’s lack of clarity on Brexit, how she believes the economy must be transformed, and how the government must help the industries of the future out of the ashes of the economic ruin caused by coronavirus, which businesses will survive the greatest recession the world has faced and much more!

We speak to Geoffrey Robertson QC of Doughty Street Chambers. He discusses the Interpol Red Notice for former CIA agent Anne Sacoolas, who is wanted for the death of Harry Dunn, a 19yo British teenager. He also discusses the case of Julian Assange and the birth of his 2 children, the coronavirus crisis in Britain, and his calls for a royal commission to investigate why Britain wasn’t sufficiently prepared, Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, legal rights in the UK during the pandemic and more! Finally, we speak to Richard Murray, chief executive of the King’s Fund, about the UK’s response to coronavirus. He discusses the impact of austerity on the country’s ability to cope with the effects of Covid-19, the lack of PPE for NHS frontline staff, the poor being hit hardest by the economic effects of coronavirus, how NHS privatisation has left the NHS worse off, whether he believes there has been a ‘war on the elderly’ due to the care homes crisis during coronavirus and more!

Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Geoffrey Robertson QC – the internationally renowned human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster and founder of Doughty Street Chambers. This is part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference in May, Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom: https://www.secularism.org.uk/2019 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOuTCTdEP3k&feature=youtu.be Transcript: https://www.secularism.org.uk/uploads/geoffrey-robertson-qc-exploring-religious-freedom-episode-07.pdf Links from Geoffrey Rather His Own Man: In Court with Tyrants, Tarts and Troublemakers https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rather-His-Own-Man-Troublemakers/dp/1785903977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528899019 The Justice Game https://www.amazon.co.uk/Justice-Game-Geoffrey-Robertson/dp/0099581914/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528899019 The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse https://www.amazon.co.uk/Case-Pope-Vatican-Accountability-Rights/dp/0241953847/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528899019 Find more reviews at https://www.secularism.org.uk/reviews Make a stand for freedom, fairness and human rights by adding your voice to the call for a secular democracy. Join the National Secular Society today https://www.secularism.org.uk/join

Anglo-Saxon scholar and guide at Durham Cathedral where Bede is buried, Lilian Groves explores the life and times of the saint widely regarded as one of the greatest theological scholars who gave to the world 'The Ecclesiastical History of the English People' and marvels at the thousands of visitors from around the world who still come to worship at his tomb. In his lifetime, Bede lived in Northumbria - the edge of the known world. He never left the confines of his monastery yet he legacy is universal. Contributors include Nobel prize-winner Seamus Heaney on the Beowulf bard, the departing Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams on the first Archbishop of Canterbury, St Augustine; writer David Almond on the oldest surviving English poet, Caedmon; Michael Wood on King Alfred; Martin Carver on Raedwald; Richard Gameson on Eadfrith the Scribe; Helena Hamerow on the peasant-farmer; Geoffrey Robertson QC on the law-makers. Producer: Mohini Patel.

Continuing our exploration of the ways in which Shakespeare portrayed aspects of professional life, Geoffrey Robertson QC talks about the law and lawyers, contending that Shakespeare must either have studied at the Inns of Court or was close friends with those who did, illustrated with readings performed by Bill Paterson. Highlights of a discussion hosted by Anne McElvoy and recorded at Imperial College Union earlier this evening.Producer: Luke Mulhall

Geoffrey Robertson QC discusses his new book 'An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians?', the politics of genocide and how to prevent the worst of all crimes.In conversation with Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute.

Are Christians victims of a hateful animus, or are they demanding special treatment in a secular state which in fact applies the law equally to all? Peter Hitchens fears that without Christianity, we might end up undermining the whole foundation of law in this country. But agony aunt Claire Rayner thinks that we shouldn’t need God in order to be good. Journalist Matthew Parris wonders how intelligent people can still believe in God. They were joined by former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, leading human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC and Benedictine monk and former school headmaster Dom Antony Sutch to debate the motion "Stop Bashing Christians! Britain has become an anti-Christian country" at the Royal Geographical Society on 3rd November 2010. The debate was chaired by Executive editor and columnist at the Guardian, Jonathan Freedland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Panellists included the report's author, Peter Pomerantsev, human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC, and Giorgi Badridze, Senior Fellow, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies. The discussion was moderated by Anne Applebaum, Director of the Legatum Institute's Transitions Forum.

This is a special, extended edition of our podcast to capture the full, candid interview with The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood. We cover the 'boring' tag, his attraction to bikes, bike lanes and electric cars, comparisons of different media styles, Victoria Square and Star Wars. Also on the show, hear Geoffrey Robertson QC accept his award as Australian Humanist of the Year, which was awarded in Adelaide last weekend. He has a searing critique of the international response to the mass abduction of school girls in Nigeria. Colin stops over in the now demolished Grand Central Hotel, which once stood where Hungry Jacks is at the end of Rundle Mall. Plus we cover Fork On The Road, wine, music, Wakefield Press, and dog birthdays. Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Philip Dodd explores 18th century attitudes to the law, crime and punishment with Professor Norman S Poser, Antonia Hodgson, Lucy Powell and Geoffrey Robertson QC.

British MP John Stonehouse faked his own death in Miami in November 1974 - and was discovered just weeks later in Australia on 24 December. Lucy Burns speaks to his barrister, Geoffrey Robertson QC.

As Andrew Lloyd Webber prepares to open his new musical about Profumo and Stephen Ward, Matthew Sweet explores 1963 - the year that 'sexual intercourse began' according to Philip Larkin's poem. Joining Matthew are Lord Hutchinson who defended Christine Keeler; journalist and campaigner Bea Campbell; actress and singer Lynda Baron; Don Black, lyricist for the musical Stephen Ward; Richard Davenport-Hines, author of An English Affair; and Geoffrey Robertson QC, leader of a campaign to clear Stephen Ward's name.

Anne McElvoy discusses ethics and the law after several politicians have complained recently about tax avoidance by big companies. To discuss are Geoffrey Robertson QC, Mark Littlewood and Angie Hobbs. Australian writer Andrew Upton talks about his sometimes controversial adaptations of classic Russian plays and explains to Anne why he inserted an egg fight into his recent production of Maxim Gorky's Children of the Sun. And writer Philip Hoare explores his fascination and fear of the sea when he talks to Anne about his new book; "The Sea Inside".

Geoffrey Robertson QC joins Anne McElvoy to pay tribute to American philosopher and constitutional law expert Ronald Dworkin, who died on 14th February 2013 aged 81. We hear from award-winning author Andrew Solomon about his monumental study of modern identity - Far From the Tree. Writer and historian Joanna Bourke reviews Complicit, Channel 4's new feature-length drama, which explores an MI5 officer's moral dilemma over the use of torture in the War on Terror. And did brutal conquest rather than political liberation lie at the heart of Italian unification? Historian Lucy Riall discusses.

On Start the Week Andrew Marr discusses the prospect of an Iran with nuclear weapons. David Patrikarakos points to the failure to understand how far Iran's nuclear strategy is linked to its recent history and sense of identity. Geoffrey Robertson QC argues that the production of atomic bombs should be made an international crime against humanity, whereas Baroness Shirley Williams believes that politics still has a role to play in disarmament around the world. But Douglas Murray dismisses the idea that political negotiation or the law will work, and believes force may be the only answer.Producer: Katy Hickman.

Following the arrests of more journalists at the Sun over the weekend, Geoffrey Robertson QC explains why handing over the details of journalists' e-mails to the police may violate a moral and legal duty to protect sources.After more journalists at the Sun were arrested over the weekend, the Sun's associate editor Trevor Kavanagh accused police of a "witch-hunt". But has the police investigation gone too far? Prof Brian Cathcart and Peter Preston discuss the latest developments. Last week the BBC's director general Mark Thompson admitted that there aren't enough older women on television and radio. But is anything being done to address the problem? Former controller of BBC 1 Lorraine Heggessey and journalist and broadcaster Joan Smith discuss women on screen. Following the news of the death of veteran Royal correspondent James Whitaker, we hear from Ingrid Seward of Majesty Magazine and photographer Arthur Edwards who both knew and worked with him. The producer is Olivia Skinner.