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Geoffrey Robertson

Geoffrey Robertson

Geoffrey Robertson KC is a London-based Australian human rights barrister and founding head of Doughty Street Chambers. He is the author of Rather His Own Man: In Court with Tyrants, Tarts and Troublemakers.

Brothers in arms: US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Iran’s regime is vile, but what Trump and Netanyahu have done is a war crime

The US and Israel have used the same perverse justification for the attack on Iran that Putin used to invade Ukraine.

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Illustration by Joe Benke.

This is a warning to all world leaders who antagonise Trump

If the US president gets away with an illegal invasion of Venezuela, why not Xi Jinping, who has a flawed but genuine historical claim to Taiwan?

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War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The war crimes case against Trump and Hegseth

America used to be the conscience of the world. Those days are long gone.

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For peace in Ukraine, Putin must be offered something. Here’s what he should get

Ukraine has been the meat in this sandwich. Others should pay the piper to secure the peace.

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President Donald Trump addresses the nation after America’s attack on Iran.

Trump’s rap sheet is long, but this may be his worst crime

The bunker bombing of Iran was, as a matter of international law, no different from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine.

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Trump has declared war on the world order, so nations like Australia must step up

With the leader of the free world lining up with tyrants, and the UN neutered by its veto provisions, a new international union of democracies is worth considering. Australia has a role to play.

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Sam Kerr, Australia’s best-known Matilda, is facing charges in a London court.

I was a London judge. Sam Kerr’s case should never have gone to trial

The trial of Sam Kerr will shortly end, but whether the verdict is “guilty” or “not guilty”, questions must be asked about whether it should have taken place at all.

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He’s the vile QC who disgraced the church. At least I derailed his Australian mission

Vile child abuser John Smyth, QC, and morals crusader Mary Whitehouse came to Australia in the 1980s to spread the word of “muscular Christianity”. I’m glad I could scuttle their attempt to meet the attorney-general.

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Away from the ballot box, this vote is stacked for Trump

If the US Supreme Court is called on to make a ruling over the presidential election, Donald Trump can be confident it will go his way.

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I mentored the next British PM. Here’s what Australians need to know about him

Keir Starmer does not have the charisma of Boris Johnson or Tony Blair, but charisma in politicians is much overrated.

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