Last week, the most and only prominent defendant at the International Criminal Court (ICC) was not present at his confirmation of charges hearing. Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte follows the footsteps of other elderly men whose trials did not take place or were altered due to ‘cognitive decline’: Slobodan Milosevic, Ratko Mladic, Felicien Kabuga, and others caught in their old age. In this new podcast, Asymmetrical Haircuts invites Caroline Davidson, from the Willamette University (USA), who has reflected on the disputed line between the need to judge and the accused’s ability to be judged – “in between the human rights of the accused and the human rights of the victims”, she defines.
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This podcast has been published as part of a partnership between Justice Info and Asymmetrical Haircuts, a podcast on international justice produced from The Hague by journalists Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who retain full control and independence over the contents of the podcast.
