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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Molly Quell

International Criminal Court has Putin, Netanyahu in its sights, yet its courtrooms are empty

Court Empty Docket - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

For a few hours last week, the International Criminal Court looked poised to take a Libyan warlord into custody. Instead, member state Italy sent the head of a notorious network of detention centers back home.

That has left the court without a single trial ahead for the first time since it arrested its first suspect in 2006. And it's now facing serious external pressure, notably from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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