The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse

Geoffrey Robertson QC

ISBN 10: 0241953847 / ISBN 13: 9780241953846

Published by Penguin UK, 2010

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Covered in plastic. Tanning of pages. Foxing of book block edges. Original owners sticker on title page and inscribed. The Case of the Pope delivers a devastating indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields paedophile priests from criminal trial around the world. Geoffrey Robertson QC, a distinguished human rights lawyer and judge also evinces a deep respect for the good works of Catholics and their church.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241953847
• ISBN 13: 9780241953846
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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  • Non Fiction

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Synopsis

In The Case of the Pope Geoffrey Robertson delivers a devastating indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields pedophile priests from criminal trial around the world. Is the Pope morally or legally responsible for the negligence that has allowed so many terrible crimes to go unpunished? Should he and his seat of power, the Holy See, continue to enjoy an immunity that places them above the law? Geoffrey Robertson , a distinguished human rights lawyer and judge, evinces a deep respect for the good works of Catholics and their church. But, he argues, unless Pope Benedict XVI can divest himself of the beguilements of statehood and devotion to obsolescent canon law, the Vatican will remain a serious enemy to the advance of human rights.

About the Author

Geoffrey Robertson is founder and head of Doughty Street Chambers, the largest human rights practice in the UK. He has appeared in the courts of many countries as counsel in leading cases in constitutional, criminal, and international law and served as the first President of the UN War Crimes Court in Sierra Leone, where he authored a landmark decision on the illegality of recruiting child soldiers. He defended in the last two cases brought for blasphemy in Britain (against Salman Rushdie and Gay News), represented Catholic lawyers and youth workers detained without trial by Lee Kwan Yew, and was counsel in Bowman v United Kingdom, which established the right of Catholics to campaign effectively against abortion laws during elections. He sits as a recorder and as a master of Middle Temple and a visiting professor of human rights law at Queen Mary College. In 2008, he was appointed as a distinguished jurist member of the UN Justice Council. His books include Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice, The Justice Game, and The Tyrannicide Brief, as well as a memoir.