Justice Geoffrey Robertson QC

Geoffrey Robertson QC is an internationally respected human rights barrister, renowned for his work in constitutional, criminal and media law. He has appeared as leading counsel in landmark cases before the European Court of Human Rights, the House of Lords, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Privy Council.

Founder and head of Doughty Street Chambers, Europe’s largest human rights practice, Geoffrey is also a Queens Counsel and Master of the Middle Temple. He has served as a Recorder in London, Appeal Judge for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, President of Court, and Distinguished Jurist Member of the United Nations Internal Justice Council. His clients have included major media organisations, international corporations, and human rights groups such as the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.

In addition to his legal career, Geoffrey is an accomplished academic, broadcaster and author. He has written and presented television and radio programs for Granada, BBC, ABC, CBS and TV New Zealand, including the acclaimed Hypotheticals series for Granada. In 1992, he received a BAFTA nomination for his play The Trials of Oz (BBC2 “Performance” series). He has delivered keynote lectures worldwide, including the Grierson Lecture on perceptions of reality in film and television, and lectures at the Royal Television Society, Edinburgh Television Festival, and the IBA Annual Conference.

Geoffrey has held visiting professorships at the Universities of Warwick, New South Wales, Queen Mary College, University of London, and currently serves as visiting professor at the New College of the Humanities. He is the author of The Justice Game, The Tyrannicide Brief, The Case of the Pope, Crimes Against Humanity – The Struggle for Global Justice, and Mullahs Without Mercy – Human Rights and Nuclear Weapons. His work has earned him international recognition, including the Freedom of Information Award (1993) and the New York Bar Association prize for achievement in international law (2011).