The definitive book on human rights law, now updated with a new chapter on war crimes in Ukraine and the ongoing war in Gaza. In the book "Crimes Against Humanity," Geoffrey Robertson KC explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture, and mass murders. He shows how human rights standards can be pursued against brutal governments, armies, and multinational corporations. This defining work contains a critical perspective on events such as the invasion of Iraq, abuses at Abu Ghraib, killings in Darfur, the death of Milosevic, and the trial of Saddam Hussein. With careful optimism for the abolition of impunity but relentless criticism toward diplomats, politicians, Bush's lawyers, and others who evade international norms, this book will provide further guidance to a movement aimed at making justice paramount in international relations.