He has been a UN war crimes judge, a counsel in many notable Old Bailey trials, has defended hundreds of men facing death sentences in the Caribbean, and has won landmark rulings on civil liberty from the highest courts in Britain, Europe and the Commonwealth.
He has made many television and radio programmes, notably Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals , and has won a Freedom of Information award for his writing and broadcasting. A book that proves beyond any reasonable doubt that the Parthenon Marbles belong back in Athens.
Other cultural crimes must also be redressed, and in this important book Geoffrey Robertson shows why, and how. A book which provides, once and for all, the case for re-uniting the Parthenon Marbles in Athens. This is a powerful cry for justice — it deserves a response. A noble work for a noble cause. This is Geoffrey Robertson at his best, making the case for justice as a citizen of the world and an Australian.
Rightly and lucidly, [Robertson] makes a case for context in museums such as the Acropolis Museum, over the combination of hoarding and quick selfie opportunities that major museums provide It tackles the possibilities of what a true postcolonial engagement with cultural heritage might look like.
I hope people far and wide heed his call. Geoffrey Robertson ponders the rights of nations to hoard the cultural identifiers of others.
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The essays on history in South Africa and Russia, while thought-provoking, feel a bit dated they were written in the mids. But as whole, these writings help to debunk the idea that history is irrelevant in the 21st century. View Full Version of PW.
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