The Worldwide Legal Courtroom 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 Legal Courtroom (ICC).
Trump claims the ICC abuses its energy, taking “illegitimate and baseless” actions in opposition to 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 courtroom with the power to prosecute genocide and struggle crimes? Is the very idea of a rules-based worldwide order underneath menace?
Presenter: Maleen Saeed
Visitors:
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 Overseas Service and a former senior adviser to the US Division of State
