Speakers Jason McCue: Lawyer
Jason McCue litigates against terrorists, dictators and others who seem above the law, using the legal and judicial system in innovative ways.
Why you should listen to him:
Jason McCue uses the legal system of the UK (and increasingly the world) to fight for human rights. In 2009, he won a landmark civil case at the high court in Belfast that resulted in a settlement for victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing by the Real IRA -- after attempts to prosecute the group in criminal courts had failed. It was a bold legal strategy now being copied for other victims, such as those of Libyan-supported terrorism and of the attacks in London and Mumbai. In September 2011 he and his firm launched another strategy for prosecuting Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus, on counts of torture and hostage-taking: creating a "prosecution kit" to be sent to courts around the world. Wherever Lukashenko travels, he now faces the prospect of prosecution.
McCue is also a partner, with his wife, TV star Mariella Frostrup, of the GREAT Initiative: the Gender Rights and Equality Action Trust.
"There are lawyers who weigh their words carefully, who are guarded when talking to journalists, and then there's McCue."Esther Addley, The Guardian
Quotes by Jason McCue
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“The terrorist constituency [are] the people who buy into the brand, support them, facilitate them — and they're the people we've got to reach out to.”
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“We live in a modern, global world. Terrorists have adapted to it [and] we have to, too.”
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“Al Qaeda was essentially a product on a shelf in a souk somewhere which not many people had heard of. 9/11 launched it. It was its big marketing day.”
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“Look at terrorism as though it was a global brand. … It's a pretty flawed product.”
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Jason McCue: Terrorism is a failed brand
- 19:02 Posted: Oct 2012
Jason McCue on the Web
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Conferences
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- TEDGlobal 2012