Righting Wrongs - Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments

The son of a Jew who fled Nazi Germany just before the war began, Roth grew up knowing full well how inhumane governments could be. He has travelled the world to meet cruelty and injustice on its home turf: he arrived in Rwanda shortly after the genocide; scrutinized the impact of Saddam''s invasion of Kuwait; investigated and condemned Israel''s mistreatment of Palestinians. He directed efforts to curtail the Chinese government''s persecution of Uyghur Muslims, to bring Myanmar''s officials to justice after the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, to halt Russian war crimes in Ukraine, even to reign in the U.S. government. Roth''s many innovations and strategies included the deployment of a concept as old as mankind – the powerful tool of ‘shaming’ – and here he illustrates its surprising effectiveness against evildoers.

This is a story of wins, losses, and ongoing battles in the ceaseless fight to rend the moral arc from the hands of injustice and bend it toward good.<>

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Roth, Roth Kenneth
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2025
• EAN: 9780241711224
• ISBN: 978-0-241-71122-4
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), c 2000 to c 2009, Human rights, civil rights, c 1990 to c 1999, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, c 2010 to c 2019, International human rights law, Corruption in politics, government and society, c 2020 to c 2029, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General