Righting Wrongs

Stephanie Palmer is a graduate of Adelaide University and Harvard Law School (LLM and SJD). She has been lecturing on Human Rights and Constitutional law at the Law Faculty of the University of Cambridge for many years. She is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers. Her book on Human Rights (with two colleagues) will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2025. 

Geoffrey Robertson is a prominent Australian-British barrister, academic, author and broadcaster known for his work in international human rights law and advocacy for civil liberties. He is widely recognised for his engaging public commentary, including his BBC series Geoffrey Robertson’s Hypotheticals, which tackled complex legal and moral dilemmas. Robertson is also a prolific author whose works The Justice Game and Crimes against Humanity provide insights into global justice issues. 

Kenneth Roth is the Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor at the Princeton School for Public and International Affairs. He served for nearly three decades as the executive director of Human Rights Watch, prior to which he was a federal prosecutor in New York and for the Iran–Contra investigation in Washington. His book Righting Wrongs, to be published by Knopf, is about the strategies used by Human Rights Watch to defend human rights. 

Gareth Evans AC was a Cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor governments, including as Attorney-General and Foreign Minister, from 1983 to 1996, and from 2000 to 2009 he was president and CEO of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group. He has written or edited 14 books, including Good International Citizenship: The Case for Decency (2022), Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir (2017) and The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All(2008).