Geoffrey Robertson is one of Australia’s most acclaimed international jurists and human rights advocates. His latest book, Bad People – and How to Be Rid of Them, explains the history of international human rights law and acknowledges its failings.
Bad People is not a textbook; it is aimed at anyone with an interest in the international human rights framework and its enforcement mechanisms.
Most importantly, it is a call to action for Australians and others in democracies to demand the introduction of “Magnitsky laws”.
Magnitsky laws are named after a Russian whistleblower, Sergei Magnitsky, who was tortured and died after exposing a massive tax fraud scheme involving Russian officials. These laws seek to combat human rights abuses by naming, blaming and shaming individuals, denying them the right to enter democratic nations, stripping them of ill-gotten funds, and barring them and their families from local schools and hospitals.
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Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth (February 2)
LISTEN: Peter Godfrey-Smith, philosopher and author on his book,
Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness (February 9)
LISTEN: Louise Milligan, ABC investigative reporter and author on her book,
Witness: An investigation into the brutal cost of seeking justice (February 16)
LISTEN: Henry Reynolds, acclaimed historian and author on his book,
Truth-Telling: History, Sovereignty, and the Uluru Statement (February 23)
LISTEN: Richard Denniss, economist, on integrity and accountability in federal politics, and Australia s unemployment policies (March 2)
LISTEN: Marian Wilkinson, journalist,
The Carbon Club: How a network of influential climate sceptics, politicians and business leaders fought to control Australia s climate policy (March 2)