Will Russian war criminals face justice?

The Economist podcast of April 28th asks Oona Hathaway of Yale Law School whether Vladimir Putin and others could be prosecuted by a Nuremberg-style tribunal for war crimes or genocide. 25 min., no transcript.

Law in Action Is Back

The BBC's Law in Action  begins the new series with a programme which examines, among other topics, the legal questions concerning the war in Ukraine. Presenter Joshua Rozenberg interviews international lawyer Philippe Sands. 29 min., no transcript.

 Law in Action    

The BBC's program Law in Action with Joshua Rozenberg is back for a new series of programs. The first in this series examines, among other subjects, the International Criminal Court, followed on Tuesday with a program entitled Waiting for Justice - about the courts during the pandemic. 28 min., no transcript.

In the first program, Rozenberg talks with the creators of the podcast asymmetrical haircuts which describes itself as "your international justice podcast". Its weekly podcasts, begun in July 2019, are usually 15-25  minutes long, with transcripts available for some of the early podcasts. 

BBC's Law in Action is Back with a New Series

The first program can be found here. Rather than talk about British news in an election week, in this episode Joshua Rosenberg turns to U.S. news - the appointment of a special prosecutor to examine the link between the Russians and Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Also in the program, news about a recent Indian Supreme Court decision and a report of the debate in South Africa about its membership in the International Criminal Court. Next Tuesday's episode will talk about the results of the British election.

Goldstone on the Politics of International Justice

Legally Speaking produced by the University of California Television has an interview with South Africa's Judge Richard Goldstone - The Politics of International Justice. 58 min, video and audio, no transcript, but an article with edited excerpts of the interview is available here.

Gresham lectures

Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC is the Gresham Professor of Law for 2012-2013. He gave his first lecture on September 12th entitled 'International Criminal Tribunals: Experiments? Works in progress? Institutions that are here for good, or maybe not?' 57 min. Streaming and downloadable video and audio, transcript and power point presentations available. The titles for the 5 upcoming lectures are available.
The list of past Gresham lectures in the field of law can be found here.

More on the International Criminal Court from the Law Report

The Law Report of 14 February examines the ICC as it nears the tenth anniversary of its creation. Guests include Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, Judge Sang Hyun Song, President of the International Criminal Court, Jonathan O'Donohue of Amnesty International and legal adviser, International Justice, and Anton du Plessis, Strategist at the Institute of Security Studies, Pretoria.

Kenya and the International Criminal Court

The Australian radio's  Law Report of 31 January is devoted to an examination of the decision of the ICC to put four prominent Kenyans on trial for crimes against humanity. These men are alleged to have been behind the communal violence following the last national election. You can hear a member of Human Rights Watch, witnesses and survivors, a Kenyan journalist and a defence lawyer. 28 min, streaming and downloadable audio, transcript available

Justice

Andrew Marr explores the idea of Justice on Start the Week. Marr's guests include John Podmore who served for 25 years as a prison governor and inspector, and presents a damning indictment on Britain's prison service. Playwright Simon Stephens asks how far such a court can deal with perpetrators of terrible crimes in his play The Trial of Ubu. Professor Mike Hough tries to explain why people obey the law. Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, talks about the modification of the principle of double jeopardy and in general what liberty really means in the U.K. today.
43 minutes, streaming with BBC iPlayer or podcast downloadable for a few more days, no transcript

The International Criminal Court

Newshour of Oct. 6, 2011 introduces a documentary entitled "Prosecutor" which will be aired Oct. 9. It spotlights Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in the trial of Thomas Lubanga. There are subtitles when he speaks because his strong accent makes his English hard to understand.
9:35 min, streaming video or downloadable .mp3, transcript available