The Worldwide Prison Court docket receives a wave of assist after it’s hit with US sanctions.
Donald Trump’s government orders are coming thick and quick. The newest being sanctions on the Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC).
Trump claims the ICC abuses its energy, taking “illegitimate and baseless” actions towards the US and its greatest ally Israel. He additionally claims its investigators are a menace to nationwide safety.
How will this have an effect on the one court docket with the power to prosecute genocide and battle crimes? Is the very idea of a rules-based worldwide order below menace?
Presenter: Maleen Saeed
Friends:
William Tempo – Former convener of the Coalition for the ICC
Kenneth Roth – Visiting professor at Princeton Faculty for Public and Worldwide Affairs and the previous government director of Human Rights Watch
David L Phillips – Adjunct professor at Georgetown College’s Faculty of International Service and a former senior adviser to the US Division of State
