{"product_id":"prosecuting-the-powerful-war-crimes-and-the-battle-for-justice-paperback","title":"Prosecuting the Powerful: War Crimes and the Battle for Justice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Crawshaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 MOORE PRIZE IN HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eProsecuting The Powerful \u003c\/i\u003eisn't just compelling and very moving, it has all the force of a well-crafted thriller. I literally couldn't stop reading it, ' John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A compelling account of a revolutionary moment in history, ' Philippe Sands, The Spectator \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerful, timely and moving, ' Baroness Helena Kennedy KC\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tour de force, ' Lindsey Hilsum, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eInternational Editor, Channel 4 News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Absolutely brilliant, ' Nick Cohen \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCould we ever see Vladimir Putin in the dock for his crimes? What about a Western ally like Benjamin Netanyahu? Putting a country's leader on trial once seemed unimaginable. But as Steve Crawshaw describes in \u003ci\u003eProsecuting the Powerful\u003c\/i\u003e - a blend of powerful eyewitness reporting and gripping history - the possibilities of justice have been transformed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrawshaw includes recent stories from the front lines of justice in Ukraine, Israel\/Palestine and at The Hague, as well as his earlier encounters with war criminals like Slobodan Milosevic. He tells the stories of those who have demanded protection for civilians and accountability for war criminals - from the Geneva Conventions to the Syrian police photographer who helped put one of Bashar al-Assad's torturers behind bars. He also follows the extraordinary unfolding story of two of the world's most powerful and well-connected leaders currently under indictment at the International Criminal Court in The Hague: Putin and Netanyahu. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor all the current darkness, this is a historic opportunity. The scales of justice can and must be balanced. Now is the moment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Crawshaw has written and worked on human rights and justice for more than thirty years. He was a journalist at Granada Television before joining the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e at launch in 1986, where his roles included Russia and East Europe Editor during the east European revolutions and Balkan wars, then Germany bureau chief and chief foreign correspondent. In 2002, he joined Human Rights Watch as UK director and then UN advocacy director in New York. In 2010 he joined Amnesty International as international advocacy director and then Director of the Office of the Secretary General. In 2018 he became policy and advocacy director at Freedom from Torture. His previous books are \u003ci\u003eGoodbye to the USSR \u003c\/i\u003e(1992), \u003ci\u003eEasier Fatherland: Germany and the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eSmall Acts of Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e (with John Jackson, foreword by Václav Havel, 2010) and \u003ci\u003eStreet Spirit: The Power of Protest and Mischief\u003c\/i\u003e (foreword by Ai Weiwei, 2017). He studied Russian and German at the universities of Oxford and St Petersburg, and lived in Poland from 1978 to 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 7.73 x 5.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53425675895091,"sku":"9780349128955","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/PqxsQ-tD0-9780349128955.webp?v=1780520110","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/prosecuting-the-powerful-war-crimes-and-the-battle-for-justice-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}