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Geoffrey Robertson

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You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law

You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law

In a London court in 1670, a judge, livid with the jury, locked them away for two days without food, water or even a chamber pot. The jury’s...

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The Guardian

Geoffrey Robertson

Happy Birthday, Mr President. You’ve had a long, but low life

Happy Birthday, Mr President. You’ve had a long, but low life

I’m the same age as Donald Trump. He’s done so much in his 80 years, almost all of it bad.

15.06.2026 10

WA Today

Geoffrey Robertson

Happy Birthday, Mr President. You’ve had a long, but low life

Happy Birthday, Mr President. You’ve had a long, but low life

I’m the same age as Donald Trump. He’s done so much in his 80 years, almost all of it bad.

15.06.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Geoffrey Robertson

Happy Birthday, Mr President. You’ve had a long, but low life

Happy Birthday, Mr President. You’ve had a long, but low life

I’m the same age as Donald Trump. He’s done so much in his 80 years, almost all of it bad.

15.06.2026 10

The Age

Geoffrey Robertson

Happy Birthday, Mr President. You’ve had a long, but low life

Happy Birthday, Mr President. You’ve had a long, but low life

I’m the same age as Donald Trump. He’s done so much in his 80 years, almost all of it bad.

15.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Geoffrey Robertson

Against Trump’s new world order where war criminals walk free, Australia is proving no one is above the law

Ben Roberts-Smith has been charged with war crimes. Good for Australia, in a world where the greatest war criminals go scot-free, (if that phrase is...

11.04.2026 10

The Guardian

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

03.03.2026 60

The Age

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

03.03.2026 20

WA Today

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

03.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

03.03.2026 100

Brisbane Times

Geoffrey Robertson

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?

04.01.2026 20

WA Today

Geoffrey Robertson

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?

04.01.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Geoffrey Robertson

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?

04.01.2026 20

The Age

Geoffrey Robertson

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?

04.01.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Geoffrey Robertson

The war crimes case against Trump and Hegseth

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

14.12.2025 20

WA Today

Geoffrey Robertson

The war crimes case against Trump and Hegseth

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

14.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Geoffrey Robertson

The war crimes case against Trump and Hegseth

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

14.12.2025 20

The Age

Geoffrey Robertson

The war crimes case against Trump and Hegseth

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

14.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

22.08.2025 20

WA Today

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

22.08.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

22.08.2025 20

The Age

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

22.08.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

23.06.2025 20

WA Today

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

23.06.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

23.06.2025 20

The Age

Geoffrey Robertson

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.

23.06.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Geoffrey Robertson

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...

18.04.2025 10

WA Today

Geoffrey Robertson

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...

18.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Geoffrey Robertson

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...

18.04.2025 10

The Age

Geoffrey Robertson

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...

18.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Geoffrey Robertson