A Thousand Miracles
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A Thousand Miracles

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A Thousand Miracles

About this book

When the Second World War began, Theodor Meron was a Jewish-born boy of just 9. He survived ghettos, camps and unimaginable atrocities, but lost most of his family, finding sanctuary in British Palestine after the Holocaust. Now, more than eight decades later, Judge Meron is a recognised world leader in both the scholarship and practice of international criminal justice—having served as the president of three UN tribunals, delivering landmark decisions on genocide and war crimes.

This extraordinary memoir revisits Meron’s time as a legal adviser to governments, often swimming against the tide; as a restless diplomat, a boundary-pushing scholar and ultimately a ground-breaking international judge. Meron has given his life to the service of justice. He is famous for his 1967 opinion finding Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank to be illegal under international law, an opinion he issued as a legal adviser to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More recently, he has advised the International Criminal Court on potential crimes in the Russia–Ukraine war, and in Israel and Gaza since 2023.

The founding institutions of international justice today face unprecedented threats. Meron’s life story could not be a better timed reminder of the importance of accountability.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Photos
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. 1. Surviving the Second World War
  10. 2. Farewell to Europe
  11. 3. In the Promised Land and Beyond
  12. 4. In Israel’s Diplomatic Service
  13. 5. Against the Settlements in the Occupied West Bank: My Palestine Opinions
  14. 6. Becoming a Scholar
  15. 7. Poland and I
  16. 8. At the Rome Conference: The Birth of the International Criminal Court
  17. 9. In the US State Department: The Ups and Downs of a Judicial Nomination
  18. 10. From the Chair to the Bench
  19. 11. Life at The Hague
  20. 12. The State of International Criminal Justice
  21. 13. Commemorating Srebrenica and Reflecting on Genocide
  22. 14. Surviving the Acquittal of General Gotovina
  23. 15. Oxford Redux
  24. 16. From the Bench to the Bar: Prosecuting Ukraine and Gaza War Crimes
  25. 17. Please Do Not Leave Me
  26. Appendix
  27. Back Cover

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