From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Ethan good evening. Im ethan bronner. Im a managing editor at bloomberg news. Im filling in for charlie rose who is on assignment. Joining me now is geoffrey robertson, a distinguished british barrister. He has argued many landmark cases in human rights, as well as criminal and media law. He is currently part of the legal team representing armenia at the European Court of human rights. The case will determine whether denying the genocide of armenians under ottoman rule is a criminal offense in switzerland. This year marks the centennial of the mass killings during world war i. He is also the author of the book, an inconvenient genocide who now remembers the armenians . Welcome. Geoffrey hi, ethan. Ethan the topic, i want to divide it into two parts. One is what happened and the other is why it matters. Why dont we start with what happened nearly 100 years ago next month . Geoffrey in 1915, april the 24th, the istanbul authorities
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Ethan good evening. Im ethan bronner. Im a managing editor at bloomberg news. Im filling in for charlie rose who is on assignment. Joining me now is geoffrey robertson, a distinguished british barrister. He has argued many landmark cases in human rights, as well as criminal and media law. He is currently part of the legal team representing armenia at the European Court of human rights. The case will determine whether denying the genocide of armenians under ottoman rule is a criminal offense in switzerland. This year marks the centennial of the mass killings during world war i. He is also the author of the book, an inconvenient genocide who now remembers the armenians . Welcome. Geoffrey hi, ethan. Ethan the topic, i want to divide it into two parts. One is what happened and the other is why it matters. Why dont we start with what happened nearly 100 years ago next month . Geoffrey in 1915, april the 24th, the istanbul authorities