AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT WITH AUTHOR KENNETH ROTH. [POLITICS & SOCIAL SCIENCE/ POLITICS & GOVERNMENT/ HUMAN RIGHTS]

MEET THE AUTHOR: KENNETH ROTH

KENNETH ROTH is the former executive director of Human Rights Watch. He has extensively investigated human rights abuses around the world, focusing especially on the world’s most dire situations, the pursuit of international justice, the major powers’ foreign policies, the work of the UN, and the global contexts between democracy and autocracy. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, and other major publications. He spends his time between New York and Geneva.

Righting Wrongs!
Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments!
Politics & Social Science!
Politics & Government!
Human Rights!

From the genocide in Rwanda and the aftermath of Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait to the persecution of Uyghurs in China, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and human-rights abuses in the United States, Roth recounts the investigations, confrontations, successes, failures, and difficult decisions that shaped his career.

But the book goes beyond recounting crises.

One of its central subjects is how human-rights advocacy actually works, how researchers gather evidence, how abuses are brought into public view, how organizations pressure governments, and how the strategy Roth calls “shaming” can be used to make governments confront international criticism.

It also explores the difficult realities behind advocacy: What happens when governments refuse to cooperate? What happens when exposing an abuse doesn't immediately change anything? And how do you continue pushing for accountability when the political and international systems involved are complicated?

Some books entertain you.

Some books inform you.

And some make you look differently at the world around you.

Righting Wrongs belongs in that third category.

After three decades confronting some of the world's most powerful and repressive governments, Kenneth Roth offers a firsthand account of the battles that shaped his career, and the people and principles behind them.

If you've ever wondered whether speaking out can actually make a difference, this book offers a fascinating place to begin.

If you're planning to join our next session, now is the perfect time to start Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments

Nothing feels better than being part of a conversation and knowing every twist!

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