Saif al islam gaddafi by the bolivian Group Holding him has led to the International Criminal court in the hague, the icc, demanding his arrest. Hes been indicted by the court for alleged Crimes Against Humanity, murder and persecution. The icc was set up in 2002 as a Court Of Last Resort to try such individuals, but its met a barrage of criticisms, principally that it has an anti african bias, because only africans have been convicted and nearly all the cases before it are from the continent. My guest is the prosecutor of the icc, Fatou Bensouda, a lawyer from gambia. What does she say in the courts defence . Fatou bensouda, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. You were born in gambia to a muslim family. You studied law in nigeria. Then you returned to gambia in 1987 to work as a public prosecutor. Why did you want to go into law . I believe it is this, you know, sense of right and wrong, and justice, that something which isjust in me. And the fact that i also grew up in a co
With me, zeinab badawi. The recent release of Saif Al Islam gaddafi by the libyan Group Holding him has led to the International Criminal court in the hague, the icc, demanding his arrest. Hes been indicted by the court for alleged Crimes Against Humanity, murder and persecution. The icc was set up in 2002 as a Court Of Last Resort to try such individuals, but its met a barrage of criticisms principally that it has an anti african bias because only africans have been convicted and nearly all the cases before it are from the continent. My guest is the prosecutor of the icc, Fatou Bensouda, a lawyer from gambia. What does she say in the courts defence . Fatou bensouda, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. You were born in gambia to a muslim family, you studied law in nigeria, then you returned to gambia in 1987 to work as a public prosecutor. Why did you want to go into law . I believe it is my this, you know, sense of right and wrong, and justice thats something which is just i
With me, zeinab badawi. The recent release of Saif Al Islam gaddafi by the libyan Group Holding him has led to the International Criminal court in the hague, the icc, demanding his arrest. Hes been indicted by the court for alleged Crimes Against Humanity, murder and persecution. The icc was set up in 2002 as a Court Of Last Resort to try such individuals, but its met a barrage of criticisms principally that it has an anti african bias because only africans have been convicted and nearly all the cases before it are from the continent. My guest is the prosecutor of the icc, Fatou Bensouda, a lawyer from gambia. What does she say in the courts defence . Fatou bensouda, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. You were born in gambia to a muslim family, you studied law in nigeria, then you returned to gambia in 1987 to work as a public prosecutor. Why did you want to go into law . I believe it is my this, you know, sense of right and wrong, and justice thats something which is just i
Was the year of a certain donaldj trump. There are hundreds of thousands of blockheads in this country who are idiots, who will follow anyone, who will vote for a reality tv star. If the choice is between donald trump versus hillary clinton, ill vote for donald trump. The statements about banning all muslims, just on the basis of religious faith, is very much contrary to american values. Ultimately, theres one certainty from brexit, total certainty that we have voted to take back control of our country. There is a teeny tiny bit of my personal feeling that comes into play because i love so much the uk that i want them to be with the europeans. This could be the beginning of the unravelling of the European Union, i agree. It cant be excluded. We are in a horrible war. I am supposed, on behalf of the un and, frankly, on behalf of everyone, to throw need new ideas while things are not moving. The only thing which would move is war. I also want to feel i make the world a better place and i
Was the year of a certain donaldj trump. There are hundreds of thousands of blockheads in this country who are idiots, who will follow anyone, who will vote for a reality tv star. If the choice is between donald trump versus hillary clinton, ill vote for donald trump. The statements about banning all muslims, just on the basis of religious faith, is very much contrary to american values. Ultimately, theres one certainty from brexit, total certainty that we have voted to take back control of our country. There is a teeny tiny bit of my personal feeling that comes into play because i love so much the uk that i want them to be with the europeans. This could be the beginning of the unravelling of the European Union, i agree. It cant be excluded. We are in a horrible war. I am supposed, on behalf of the un and, frankly, on behalf of everyone, to throw need new ideas while things are not moving. The only thing which would move is war. I also want to feel i make the world a better place and i