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EPISODE · Aug 9, 2025 · 16 MIN

'Without rule of law, you've got rule of the jungle': Looking back on a life as a war crimes prosecutor

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The International Criminal Court – or ICC - is tasked with investigating war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. But a retired Australian lawyer whose work helped establish the ICC in 2002, says some world leaders are undermining the court’s ability to hold those responsible to account. Graham Blewitt AM was the deputy prosecutor of a war crimes tribunal in The Hague for a decade, and he reflects on how alleged atrocities in conflicts such as Gaza and Ukraine could be investigated.

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