17 Apr Duterte, Netanyahu, and Putin: The ICC’s Power Play [Safia K Southey is a student at Columbia Law School, with experience at Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Center for Justice and Accountability, and the International Center for Transitional Justice. That sets him apart from Netanyahu and Putin, both of whom remain in power and are protected by the legal and political shields that come with it. Meanwhile, the Global South sees the Netanyahu case as a rare instance of the ICC applying pressure beyond its usual targets. France, Hezbollah, and the ICC as a Tool of Leverage The Netanyahu warrant is already shaping diplomacy. If it fails, it will confirm what its critics have always argued—that international law applies only to the weak, never to the powerful. Read Full Story
