The snails of justice: the International Criminal Court
Feb 17, 2020
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Richard Cockett, a Senior editor at The Economist with expertise on Sudan, and Daniel Knowles, the international correspondent, dive into the International Criminal Court’s struggle for legitimacy, especially regarding former Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir. They discuss the chaos in Sudan and the court's challenges in enforcing justice for war crimes. The conversation also touches on Norway's oil wealth versus its sustainability goals and LA's efforts to improve public transport, highlighting the broader implications of urban car dependence.
Sudan’s transitional government has pledged to hand over the country’s brutal former leader to the ICC—could justice for the court’s most-wanted man at last give it credibility? Even with a world-beating renewables push, Norway’s wealth depends on oil; how can it navigate the shifting economics of energy? And the bid to make Los Angeles just a bit less car-dependent.
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