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Putin: Indicted War Criminal

Putin: Indicted War Criminal

American Diplomat · Amb. Pete Romero & Writer/Producer Laura Bennett

September 14, 202328m 38s

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Show Notes

BRICS, the economic alliance of nonwestern powers, just met in Johannesburg, with Putin conspicuously disinvited. Why? Putin is a war criminal indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), and South Africa, a member of BRICS but also a signatory of the ICC, is obligated to arrest Putin upon his arrival there. A complex situation! Which commitment to serve? Are war criminals today at greater risk of accountability than once upon a time? Amb. David Scheffer, a creator of the ICC, is optimistic.