LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 MOORE PRIZE IN HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING

'Powerful,' Baroness Helena Kennedy KC


'I literally couldn't stop reading it,' John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor


Putting a country's leader on trial once seemed unthinkable. But with International Criminal Court arrest warrants out for Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu the possibilities of justice have been transformed. In this powerful blend of reportage and history, Steve Crawshaw visits the front lines of justice in Ukraine, Israel/Palestine and at The Hague. He follows the stories of those who have demanded protection for civilians - from the Swiss businessman behind the Geneva Conventions to the Syrian defector exposing Bashar al-Assad's torturers. From Gaza to Bucha, survivors demand justice. But for true accountability, governments must stop applying double standards and support prosecutions no matter the perpetrator. This is a historic moment. Justice is possible - if we have the will to pursue it.

'Eloquently confronts one of the toughest dilemmas of the moment: how to hold war criminals to account' Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc

'Important' Luke Harding, The Observer

'Absolutely brilliant,' Nick Cohen