around the world appear to agree. and, of course, putin will not be removed from office, still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human rights going backwards? geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed overfor. to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i m imagining people listening to you in moscow and giving a look of complete disdain to what t
geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed over for. to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i m imagining people listening to you in moscow and giving a look of complete distain to what they have just heard. the fact is vladimir putin is still president of russia, comfortable in the kremlin. you say he can t travel. actually, i spoke to a member of the duma, the russian parliament, just a few days ago yevgeny popov who said, forget it. of course, vladimir putin is
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itself is one of the most powerful, well resourced elements in british society and that privacy is actually important to protect the individual in britain, often not well resourced at all, against the abuses and the excesses of the british press, of which we have seen plenty in the last decade. well, you d think so, but in terms of invading privacy in the way we ve heard some tabloids do. egregious acts by tabloid newspapers. all right. think ofjimmy savile. just think how he, for years. a well known tv performer, for those not in the uk. ..using bbc offices to abuse children. but, of course, was the british press to blame for not exposing him? they knew about it, of course. articles were written in the sun and the mirror between 1994 and 2008, and yet they couldn t be published
and the excesses of the british press, of which we have seen plenty in the last decade. well, you d think so, but in terms of invading privacy in the way we ve heard some tabloids do. egregious acts by tabloid newspapers. all right. think ofjimmy savile. just think how he, for years. a well known tv performer, for those not in the uk. ..using bbc offices to abuse children. but, of course, was the british press to blame for not exposing him? they knew about it, of course. articles were written in the sun and the mirror between 1994 and 2008, and yet they couldn t be published because the burden of proving them rested on the defence. and that s why america does not