BONUS - Allegations of War Crimes By Leaders of Hamas and Israeli Officials before the International Criminal Court

Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

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The International Criminal Court, a justice system inspired by the Nuremburg tribunals after World War II, holds individuals responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In May 2024, the Court's chief prosecutor requested arrest warrants for three leaders of Hamas and, separately, for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for alleged crimes on October 7, 2023 and in the war in Gaza that followed. Len Rubenstein is Distinguished Professor of the Practice and Interim Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In this episode, he breaks down the Court's processes, explains the allegations against both Hamas and Israeli leaders, answers questions that have surfaced about the allegations, and argues that the Court is essential for accountability for human rights and public health around the world.

Guest:

Len Rubenstein is a human rights lawyer and Distinguished Professor of the Practice and Interim Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns and interim director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Host:

Dr. Josh Sharfstein is vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member in health policy, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland's Health Department.

Show links and related content:

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine—International Criminal Court
Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War—Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Human Rights and Health Care in the Middle East Crisis—Public Health On Call Podcast
War Crimes and Russia's Bombing of Mariupol Maternity Hospital in Ukraine—Public Health On Call Podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
0:05.9	where we bring evidence, experience, and perspective to make sense of today's leading health challenges.
0:16.3	If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health question at jh.
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0:23.6	That's public health question at jh.u.edu for future podcast episodes.
0:29.6	This is Lindsay Smith Rogers.
0:33.6	Today we focus on the International Criminal Court, which is now considering allegations
0:39.1	of serious human rights violations by leaders of Hamas and Israeli officials.
0:44.7	Len Rubinstein is interim director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns
0:49.2	Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He speaks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the nature of the allegations,
0:55.9	the controversy that has been stirred, and the next steps in the process. Let's listen.
1:02.0	Len Rubinstein, thank you so much for coming back to talk to me on public health on call.
1:07.1	Thanks for having me, Josh. So you are the interim director for the Center for Public Health and Human Rights.
1:15.1	Your work has been about public health and human rights in the context of war.
1:22.1	And now we're reading about the International Criminal Court.
1:26.1	Could you first give a little background? What is the International Criminal Court? Could you first give a little background?
1:28.4	What is the International Criminal Court?
1:30.8	You have to go back to the Nazi trials in Nuremberg
1:35.1	tribunals after the Second World War,
1:37.6	where Nazi officials were charged with war crimes
1:41.4	and crimes against humanity.
1:43.5	There was interest starting at that time for an international criminal court that went way
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