On Monday, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan announced he would apply for arrest warrants for senior Hamas leaders as well as Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant.

So, how did the ICC’s prosecutor come to the point of applying for arrest warrants? What happens next? And can international law survive the scrutiny it’s now under?

Today, expert in international law and professor at the University of California Davis Chimene Keitner on the warrants now drawing attention from around the world.

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Guest: Professor at the University of California Davis, Chimene Keitner

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