The Australian Chamber of Commerce Mauritius is pleased to present an intimate evening with internationally renowned human rights lawyer, author and advocate Geoffrey Robertson AO KC.
Drawing on his latest book, World of War Crimes, Robertson will examine the failure of international law to adequately protect democracy, the growing impunity of powerful states, the paralysis of the UN Security Council, and whether the world's democracies need a new international coalition to defend political freedom and the rule of law.
Geoffrey Robertson AO KC has had a distinguished career as a trial counsel, international judge and human rights advocate. He served as a United Nations appeals judge and as the first President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and has appeared as counsel in many notable Old Bailey trials and landmark human rights cases. His work on death penalty cases in the Caribbean included the landmark Pratt and Morgan decision, which led to the commutation of hundreds of death sentences. He has won significant rulings on civil liberties before the highest courts in Britain, Europe and across the Commonwealth.
He is the founder and first head of Doughty Street Chambers, Europe's largest human rights practice, a Master of the Middle Temple, and a visiting professor at the New College of the Humanities in London.
His book Crimes Against Humanity has been an inspiration for the global justice movement. His other books include Freedom, the Individual and the Law, The Tyrannicide Brief, The Statute of Liberty, Dreaming Too Loud, the acclaimed memoir The Justice Game and, most recently, World of War Crimes, published by Penguin in 2025. He has made numerous television and radio programmes, notably Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals, and has received a Freedom of Information award for his writing and broadcasting.
In 2008, he was appointed by the UN Secretary-General as a distinguished jurist member of the UN Internal Justice Council. In 2011, he received the New York State Bar Association's award for distinction in international law and affairs, and in 2014 he was named Australian Humanitarian of the Year. In 2018, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the law and the legal profession as an international human rights lawyer and advocate for global civil liberties.
The Vale, Mauritius. Open in maps
A lecture of around fifty minutes, followed by questions from the audience.
Places are strictly limited.
Places are strictly limited and are allocated to individual guests. Reply to services@austcham.mu with your name and organisation; your place will be confirmed by email.
