Join Steve Crawshaw in conversation with David Isaac as he discusses his latest book on the pursuit of international justice.

Steve Crawshaw studied Russian and German at Worcester College and went on to become Russia & East Europe Editor, Chief Foreign Correspondent and other roles at the newly formed Independent. In 2002 he joined Human Rights Watch as the organisation’s first UK director, and moved from there to join Amnesty International in 2010.

He has written books on Russia, Germany and creative protest. His latest book is Prosecuting the Powerful: War Crimes and the Battle for Justice — including observations from his travels on the front lines of justice in Ukraine, Israel/Palestine and at The Hague in recent years. Baroness Helena Kennedy described Prosecuting the Powerful as “a brilliant call for justice”. BBC News World Affairs Editor John Simpson said the book had “all the force of a well crafted thriller”.

Steve will be in conversation with David Isaac, Provost of Worcester College, on some of the extraordinary stories of how international justice has built up over recent years and beyond — despite the dramatic challenges posed by those who are determined to continue or deepen the double standards of the past. Can those dangerous double standards be confronted? If so, how?

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