Chile Eboe-Osuji: Can the International Criminal Court achieve its goals?
How will the institution cope in the face of hostility from President Trump?
The Interview · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
President Trump has just widened the scope of US sanctions placed on top officials of the International Criminal Court describing the court as an extraordinary threat to the United States. Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of the ICC, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji. It was an institution set up to end impunity for the worst of crimes – is it time to conclude that grand ambition will never be realised?
(Photo: President of the ICC, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji)