The World Once Punished Genocide. What Changed? | Accountability, War Crimes & Global Justice

There was a time when the international community promised that genocide and crimes against humanity would never be tolerated again. After the horrors of the 20th century, new international laws, tribunals, and institutions were created to hold perpetrators accountable.Today, many people question whether those promises are being upheld.Why do some leaders face prosecution while others appear immune? Have political interests and economic incentives weakened international justice? Has accountability become selective? And what does this mean for the future of human rights and global stability? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Jul 27, 2026

Embed this episode

Attribution link and audio player

NOW PLAYING

The World Once Punished Genocide. What Changed? | Accountability, War Crimes & Global Justice

0:00 1:05:28

1×

No transcript for this episode yet

We transcribe on demand. Request one and we'll notify you when it's ready — usually under 10 minutes.

Share this episode

Similar Episodes

No similar episodes found.

Similar Podcasts

The Most Important Question Important, Not Important You already know things are broken. You read the news, you listen to the analysis, you've got the outrage. What you don't have is a plan.The Most Important Question — 6x Webby-nominated, 2x Signal Award-nominated — is a weekly conversation with one person who stopped asking "what can I do?" and went and found out. Not pundits. Not commentators. The scientists, doctors, nurses, journalists, farmers, activists, and policymakers who are doing the actual work on the frontlines of climate, public health, democracy, AI, food, water, medicine, and justice.Host Quinn Emmett goes deep with each of them — the infectious disease doctor building new outbreak surveillance tools, the investigative journalist who traced how forever chemicals got into 97% of our blood, the economist building emergency lifeboats for foreign aid that got axed overnight, one of the greatest writers alive reckoning with the history we were never taught — and every conversation ends with something nobody else gives Explicit Happy Hour with the Three Guys Happy Hour with the Three Guys Belly up to the Three Guys Bar for Happy Hour. In this hour-long (ish) Podcast, the Three Guys discuss...pretty much anything and everything that comes to mind while we're sitting around the taps. Join us for impromptu beer reviews, a few of our popular (or not-so popular) opinions, and be sure to interact with the guys on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and by email so you can join in on the phone the next week. Explicit

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is this episode of democracy-ish?

This episode is 1 hour and 5 minutes long.

When was this democracy-ish episode published?

This episode was published on July 27, 2026.

Can I download this democracy-ish episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.

URL copied to clipboard!