ICC
Reckoning With Duterte
Rodrigo Duterte, the former Philippine president known for his brutal war on drugs, was arrested on March 11. As he awaits trial in The Hague, his country has been divided, with some citizens hailing the arrest as a sign of justice and others condemning it as an act of oppression.
Israeli Media Reacts to the ICC
While Israel’s establishment media is generally critical of Netanyahu, it was unified in rejecting the charges in the ICC’s arrest warrants for the prime minister and Yoav Gallant, the former minister of defense.
The Holocaust Survivor Who Put His Faith in War Crimes Law
Theodor Meron is a renowned scholar of international law, a Holocaust survivor and a former Israeli diplomat. In 1968, he advised the Israeli government that settling the occupied Palestinian territories violated the Geneva Conventions. In 2024, he concurred with ICC prosecutor Karim Khan’s decision to charge Hamas and Israeli leaders with war crimes.