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To the international anti—corruption court and somebody very powerful, one of these oligarchs or somebody that the oligarch has bribed gets convicted, it couldnt be fairly accused of being a partisan political prosecution. finally and briefly, judge mark wolf, you want to build this international anti—corruption court. what are the odds on that happening and how soon? and why, at 76, is this still so important to you? this is important to me because grand corruption�*s associated with the ...

Will not throw up a new honest leader, butjust more of the same? well, its not certain that that would be the result, but theres reason to hope for it. for example, i was doing a lot of work in slovakia. slovakia has a long history of corrupt leaders. an investigative journalist was murdered and that brought into office a current administration thats truly dedicated to combating corruption. its in battle. and in fact, thats a country thats showing a lot of interest injoining the international an...

My guest today is the senior us districtjudge mark wolf, who is trying to establish an international anti—corruption court to bring to justice leaders who abuse their power for private gain. is this an idea whose time has come, or do we already have sufficient levers to bring the kleptocrats to court? judge mark wolf, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. why do you believe that the time has come for an international anti—corruption court, an iacc? as the chair of integrity

Mm—hm. it is our present intention to create this court outside of the united nations so there wouldnt be this opportunity for the big political powers to protect their friends and allies. so you are very closely involved in ukraine and youre obviously very distressed by whats happening to your friends in the country because of the russian war there, so given what youve just said now, that you would like to see, judge mark wolf, russians being pursued. you have said in the past that human righ...

Highest officials to account, and the oligarchs, and when they do bring a case, theyre accused of partisanship. and so they have said to me, if we could refer a case to the international anti—corruption court and somebody very powerful, one of these oligarchs or somebody that the oligarch has bribed gets convicted, it couldnt be fairly accused of being a partisan political prosecution. finally and briefly, judge mark wolf, you want to build this international anti—corruption court. what are ...

A supporter of this court. and the family of the murdered maltese journalist, daphne caruana galizia, who was blown up because she was investigating and exposing corruption in malta, called for the creation of this court. and i dont want to... ijust dont want to disappoint them. and well see it soon, do you think? it may not be soon, but i expect we can hope were going to see it. im hopeful. judge mark wolf, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you. hello there. on the whole,...

Of partisanship. and so they have said to me, if we could refer a case to the international anti—corruption court and somebody very powerful, one of these oligarchs or somebody that the oligarch has bribed gets convicted, it couldnt be fairly accused of being a partisan political prosecution. finally and briefly, judge mark wolf, you want to build this international anti—corruption court. what are the odds on that happening and how soon? and why, at 76, is this still so important to you? thi...

Daphne caruana galizia, who was blown up because she was investigating and exposing corruption in malta, called for the creation of this court. and i dont want to... ijust dont want to disappoint them. and well see it soon, do you think? it may not be soon, but i expect we can hope were going to see it. im hopeful. judge mark wolf, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you. hello there. 0n the whole, it was a relatively quiet start to our working week, but a change is on the w...

Of the same? well, its not certain that that would be the result, but theres reason to hope for it. for example, i was doing a lot of work in slovakia. slovakia has a long history of corrupt leaders. an investigative journalist was murdered and that brought into office a current administration thats truly dedicated to combating corruption. its in battle. and in fact, thats a country thats showing a lot of interest injoining the international anti corruption court, because i believe this administ...

High on the agenda — the stability of the global economy, the energy crisis and how to address the ongoing war in ukraine. president putin is not attending, but president zelensky will address the gathering by video link. now on bbc news its hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zainab badawi. global leaders often come together to work for what they hope is the greater good, such as tackling climate change, conflict, and the economic crisis. how far does the world need a ne...