.mariaressa on Amal Clooney: “It’s sometimes hard to see all of Amal because of the glamour and celebrity that can overshadow her work. She embraces that glamour and shines light on some of the darkest parts of the world to help her clients”
I’m responding to what I see happening in the world. A world where the guilty are free, and the innocent are imprisoned—where the human-rights abusers are free, and those who report on the abuses are locked up. As a lawyer, I can do something about that. Or I can at least try. So my work is focused on trying to help liberate victims and prosecute perpetrators—and by extension, our foundation’s work is trying to really do that at scale and globally.
When I choose a case, I think carefully about the ripple effect. I’ve said it about your case: there’s one journalist in the dock, but it’s democracy in your country that’s on trial. What’s driving you to continue to fight your battle is, as you put it, you’re holding the line for others. So I do think about which cases are going to have the greatest impact—not only for that individual but for others who are vulnerable as well.
For instance, I’m now working as a special adviser to the International Criminal Court prosecutor on Darfur, and one of the cases before the court is that of former. If successful, it sends a really important message that a former head of state can be hauled to the Hague and be put in the dock and face his accusers. For the survivors, it’s what they want and deserve. And for the credibility of the court, it’s important that they have a success like that.
against an ISIS fighter charged with genocide. She was an illiterate woman determined to confront the man who enslaved her and killed her daughter. Thanks to her, we have the first ISIS fighter convicted of genocide anywhere in the world.The Clooney Foundation is where you take your experience from all your cases and pull up.
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