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The International Criminal Court prosecutor's office has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence chief, and also for three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. So what happens next?

President Joe Biden calls the International Criminal Court's plans to seek arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas "outrageous." Since the court was created almost a quarter-century ago, the US has refused to become a state party to the court, even though it helped create it. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with David Scheffer, former US ambassador at large for war crimes issues and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

The UN’s International Court of Justice, or ICJ, is currently hearing cases related to genocide in Ukraine as the country looks to seek justice for Russia’s ongoing crimes against it. Experts interviewed by the Kyiv Independent are worried that the Hague-based court, which is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, might not be up to the job. ICJ judges rejected Kyiv's request to determine whether Moscow violated the Genocide Convention by using false claims abou...

Join USIP and Ukrainian Minister of Justice Denys Leontiyovych Maliuska for a discussion on the potential utilization of confiscated Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction efforts. 

The special tribunal would be able to try for the crime of aggression any person who the ICC has finally tried for atrocity crimes.

Israel is facing allegations of genocide in a landmark case underway at the U.N.’s highest court. David Scheffer, former U.S. ambassador at large for war crimes issues, joins CBS News to unpack the case. Source

South Africa’s claim of genocide in Gaza is only the second time a state has tried to litigate the perceived atrocities of another

“I admired the force of his writing, even when I often didn’t support what he wrote, and he was always warm when we met.” So wrote John Simpson, the veteran BBC foreign affairs correspondent, on news of the death of the campaigning journalist John Pilger on December 30 at the age of 84.

“I admired the force of his writing, even when I often didn’t support what he wrote, and he was always warm when we met.” So wrote John Simpson, the veteran BBC foreign affairs correspondent, on news of the death of the campaigning journalist John Pilger on December 30 at the age of 84.

The Council on Foreign Relations hosts experts to discuss recent developments on the humanitarian crisis and to analyze the laws of war and human rights in Gaza.