by his own forces, which he knows well about. so, for those reasons, and there are more indictments coming for killing civilians, children, in those bombings, in the destruction of the theatre in mariupol with 1,000 people. and so on and so forth. i don t need to detail his crimes. as i say, we have the specific charge sheet which karim khan has come out with so far, but let s broaden this discussion now. you are a great fan of the international criminal court. it s part of the machinery of internationaljustice, which you are a passionate advocate for. i believe in the court. i don t believe necessarily that it s covered itself with glory so far. but isn t that the problem, geoffrey robertson, that many people around the world i referred to it in my introduction do not feel that this charge against putin represents truly even handed justice? they do not believe that the icc operates on a.
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and he s seen them, as buildings are bombed by his own forces to investigate and to prosecute, and, of course, he s been entirely insouciant about the crimes committed by his own forces, which he knows well about. so, for those reasons, and there are more indictments coming for killing civilians, children, in those bombings, in the destruction of the theatre in mariupol with 1,000 people. and so on and so forth. i don t need to detail his crimes. as i say, we have the specific charge sheet which karim khan has come out with so far, but let s broaden this discussion now. you are a great fan of the international criminal court. it s part of the machinery of internationaljustice, which you are a passionate advocate for. i believe in the court. i don t believe necessarily that it s covered itself with glory so far. but isn t that the problem, geoffrey robertson, that many
it doesn t change the law which allows kleptocrats, oligarchs and so forth to force british publishers to abandon their books. and as far as the international case is concerned, it will be a fight to get putin into the dock because he won t come but it will have an impact. and one will try to make it more impactful. we ll have to wait and see, but it s an important start for the idea of internationaljustice. geoffrey robertson, we have to end there, but i thank you very much forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen.
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