Did the Armenian Genocide really happen? This is the most disputed question that has been asked since WWI. The issue will be sharply questioned on April 24, 2015 when all Armenians mark the 100^th anniversary of the genocide perpetrated against 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks. Turkey continues to deny the genocide and says that if it did happen, it was justified.

This has turned into an international issue. Twenty parliaments have recognized the Armenian Genocide, but the UK leads an ambiguous policy. The governments of three states in Australia have recognized the Armenian Genocide (in spite of threats to prohibit Australian deputies from participating in the Galipoli commemoration ceremonies), but the Abbot Government told the Turks that Australia doesn’t recognize the Armenian Genocide.

Geoffrey Robertson (the Queen’s Advisor) despises this idea. In his book An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians, the author states that the horrific events of 1915, which were witnessed by Australian captives during the war, are a crime against humanity that is known today as genocide. In his book, Robertson explains how democratic countries can fight against denial of genocide without rejecting freedom of speech and make a great contribution to understanding and preventing all crimes. Robertson condemns all those who have justified the massacres against children and civilians for military needs, from Sri Lanka to Sudan, from ancient Anatolia to modern-day Gaza.

Geoffrey Robertson is a human rights lawyer and a UN war-crimes judge. He has participated in the trials of Pinochet and Hastings Panda, as well as in the training for judges having sentenced Saddam Hussein. His book Crimes Against Humanity has inspired the international justice movement. He is also the author of the highly acclaimed memoir entitled Game of Justice and the textbook entitled “Laws of the Media”. Robertson is a visiting lecturer at the Queen Mary College of the University of London, reports Lebanon’s Aztag Daily.