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  • Affairs
  • Episode 634
  • 14 Feb 2026
  • 34 min

Is it worth prosecuting the powerful?

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  • The Foreign Desk
  • Affairs
  • Episode 634
  • 34 min

As the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte awaits trial in The Hague, we consider the difficulties around prosecuting individual leaders. Does it work as a deterrent for governments? And what is it like to defend one?

Host
  • Andrew Mueller
Contributors
  • Anita Riotta
  • Lily Austin

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