Al Jazeera – 17-9-2024
From the Gaza war to Ukraine – the role of international law has been under intense scrutiny recently. What exactly is international law? How does it work? And what’s the point of it, if so often it doesn’t seem to lead to the accountability and justice that many people want? Sandra Gathmann takes #AJStartHere to The Hague – the home of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC) – to explain.
Chapters:
00:56 – What is international law?
02:18 – Why international law is so complicated
03:49 – How the International Court of Justice (ICJ) works
06:22 – Why is it so hard to enforce international law?
07:01 – Why so much of international law comes down to politics
10:24 – How the International Criminal Court (ICC) works
11:34 – Criticisms of the ICC
12:34 – The significance of ICC’s arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin
13:02 – How the ICC’s jurisdiction works
14:29 – Why international law often takes time
This episode features:
- Phoebe Okowa – Professor of Public International Law, Queen Mary University of London , UN International Law Commission Member
- Devika Hovell Associate – Professor of Public International Law, London School of Economics Agnès Callamard Secretary General, Amnesty International
- Molly Quell – Senior Legal Correspondent, Courthouse News Service, The Hague Judge
- Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf – Member of the International Court of Justice
- Fadi El Abdallah – ICC Spokesperson
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