L ONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 MOORE PRIZE IN HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING ' Prosecuting The Powerful
isn' 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 ' A
compelling account of a revolutionary moment in history ' Philippe Sands The Spectator
' Powerful timely and moving ' Baroness Helena Kennedy KC ' A tour de force '
Lindsey Hilsum International Editor Channel 4 News ' Absolutely brilliant ' Nick
Cohen Could 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 Prosecuting the Powerful - a blend of powerful eyewitness
reporting and gripping history - the possibilities of justice have been transformed. Crawshaw
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 Milošević. 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. For all the current
darkness this is a historic opportunity. The scales of justice can and must be balanced. Now
is the moment.
