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EPISODE · Feb 14, 2026 · 34 MIN

Is it worth prosecuting the powerful?

from The Foreign Desk · host Monocle

As the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte awaits trial in The Hague, we consider the difficulties around prosecuting individual leaders. Does it work as a deterrent for governments? And what is it like to defend one?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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