Osman Kavala is a philanthropist and outspoken advocate of democracy in Turkey who has been detained by the Turkish government for nearly four years despite never being convicted of a crime. If convicted, he could face a life sentence.
"My main criteria for taking a case is that nobody else will take it: The defendant is so hated, so maligned, so criticized, so despised, that they are a pariah. The worse they are regarded by people, the more likely it is that I will take their case."
"A general principle is that support and political influence in an organization will be correlated. If a country has lots of influence within an organization, they will support it. If they don’t have much influence, they’re likely to be quite critical of it."
"There are very few judges who maintain a completely consistent position in a career which might last 30 years. It’s part of the balance; it’s a background factor. Individual judges still have to decide the individual cases on their merits as they see them."
"73 years is the length of time that it has taken to get to a stage where we have still not yet fully delivered on the Nuremberg promise — that those who commit crimes against humanity will be punished."
This past summer, Australia experienced one of the most devastating fire seasons on record. But the fires have done little to ignite climate action on the national political stage. Instead, the country is actually increasing the rate of fossil fuel extraction and combustion — the very things which exacerbated these extreme weather events in the first place.
"We have to look at Singapore today and weigh its success against the inhuman deprivation of so many in the past, and question whether that deprivation was worthwhile or otherwise."
This past summer, Australia experienced one of the most devastating fire seasons on record. But the fires have done little to ignite climate action on the national political stage. Instead, the country is actually increasing the rate of fossil fuel extraction and combustion — the very things which exacerbated these extreme weather events in the first place. So why is the Liberal Coalition continuing down this path? And does its ‘highly mitigated’ approach to climate change provide the answer for countries hoping to maintain strong economic growth while transitioning to renewables?
On June 26, President Trump tweeted that “much can be learned” from Australia’s refugee policies. Other leaders, including Italy’s Matteo Salvini and The Netherlands’...
