Geoffrey Ronald Robertson QC (born September 30, 1946 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian human rights lawyer, academic, author and broadcaster. He holds dual Australian and British citizenship. Cherie Booth QC wearing her ceremonial robes (including full-bottomed wig) as Queens Counsel at the Bar of England and Wales. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... English barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... Multiple citizenship is simultaneous citizenship in two or more countries (whether it is recognized by all countries or not). ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city or town but now usually a country) and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ...

Geoffrey Robertson is head of Doughty Street Chambers. He serves as a Master of the Bench at the Middle Temple, a recorder and visiting professor at Queen Mary, University of London. Part of Middle Temple c. ... A Recorder is a barrister or solicitor of 10 years standing who serves as a part-time Crown court judge. ... Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) (until 2000 Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London and still called that in its charter [1] and occasionally still abbreviated to QMW) is the fourth largest College of the University of London. ...

Biography

Geoffrey Robertson was born in Australia and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Eastwood. He obtained his law degree from the Sydney University Law School before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... // Location Eastwood (Postcode 2122, S33. ... The University of Sydney, established in Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. ... Rhodes House in Oxford Rhodes Scholarships were created by Cecil John Rhodes. ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ...

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Legal career

Robertson has worked for the European Court of Human Rights, the UN and various courts that examine human rights and constitutional law. He has served as a UN war crimes judge. He has worked on several cases on civil liberties throughout the Commonwealth and Europe. He also defended several people involved in private prosecutions brought by British morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse. European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), often referred to informally as the Strasbourg Court, was created to systematise the hearing of human rights complaints against States Parties to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, adopted by... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... The Commonwealth of Nations (CN), usually known as The Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, all of which, with the exception of Mozambique, are former colonies of the United Kingdom. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Media career

Over a twenty year period, often with long intervals in between, Robertson has hosted an Australian television series of programmes called Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals. These shows invite notable people, often including former and current political leaders, to discuss contemporary issues by assuming imagined identities in hypothetical situations. This is a list of Australian television series and television programs. ...

Writing career

Robertson has written several books. One of them, The Justice Game is on the school curriculum in New South Wales, Australia. Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ...

His latest book, The Tyrannicide Brief, details the story of John Cooke, who prosecuted King Charles I of England in the treason trial that sent him to the scaffold; at the Restoration Cooke was himself convicted of high treason and sent to the gallows. John Cooke (1608 –1660) (sometimes spelled John Cook) was the Solicitor General and the leading prosecutor at the trial of Charles I. He was the son of a Leicestershire farmer, educated at Wadham College Oxford, and at Grays Inn. ... Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... Scaffold may refer to: scaffolding as used in construction A gallows The Scaffold, UK musical group Scaffold - GNOME Development Environment Scaffold (Protein ECM) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... King Charles II, the first monarch to rule after the English Restoration. ... These gallows in Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park are maintained by Arizona State Parks. ...

In His 2006 revision of "Crimes Against Humanity", Robertson puts down a comprehensive account of human rights, crimes against humanity, war crimes. The book starts with the history of human rights and goes all the way to several case studies such as the case of General Pinochet of Chile, The Balkans wars, and the latest war in Iraq. Despite being a technical law book at some points, the book is a very interesting mixture of facts and Robertson's personal views. In most of them, his views are balanced and follow the "logical" human rights arguments and the spirit of the law, this can be seen in places like International Law, impunity, and war crimes. However, there can be found some controvetial statements, at least for a human rights lawyer. When talking about nuclear weapons, Robertson states that the Hiroshima bomb was certainly justified, and then goes on to say that the scond bomb on Nagasaki was most probably justified but might have been better if it was dropped outside a city. The argument he used is that the bombs, while killing more than 100,000 civilians are justified because they have pushed Imperor Hirohito of Japan to surrender which he wouldn't have done otherwise, thus saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of Allied forces, as well as Japanese soldiers and civilians. The argument Robertson uses is common among supporters of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and has many counter arguments such as the inherent immorality of using the atomic bomb on civilians regardless to the benifit of it. However, while Roberston is entiteled to his view, it might be too subjective for the context of this book. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... This article is in need of attention. ... In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte1 (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... For other uses, see Hiroshima (disambiguation). ... Nagasaki (Japanese: 長崎市, Nagasaki-shi  , long peninsula) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. ... Hirohito (Japanese: ) (April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989) was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 to 1989. ... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...

Bibliography

• The Tyrannicide Brief, Chatto & Windus, 2005
• Crimes Against Humanity - The Struggle for Global Justice, Alan Lane, 1999; revised 2002 (Penguin paperback) and 2006
• The Justice Game, 1998 Chatto; Viking edition 1999
• Media Law (with Andrew Nicol QC), Fourth edition, November 2001, Sweet and Maxwell
• Freedom the Individual and the Law, Penguin, 1993 (7th ed)
• Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals - A New Collection, ABC, 1991
• Does Dracula Have Aids?, Angus and Robertson, 1987
• Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals, Angus and Robertson, 1986
• People Against the Press, Quartet, 1983
• Obscenity, Wiedenfeld and Nicolson, 1979
• Reluctant Judas, Temple-Smith, 1976

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External links

• Official website