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The Interview

Mark Wolf: Does the world need a new anti-corruption court?

The Interview

BBC

News, Government, Politics

4.3537 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Global leaders often come together to work for what they hope is the greater good, such as tackling climate change, conflict and the economic crisis. But does the world need a new body to put leaders on trial? Zeinab Badawi speaks to the American judge and academic Mark Wolf, who is trying to establish an international anti-corruption court to bring to justice leaders who abuse their power for private gain. Is this an idea whose time has come, or do we already have sufficient levers to bring the kleptocrats to court?

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0:24.1

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0:27.6

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0:31.5

Welcome to Hard Talk on the BBC World Service with me, Zana Badawi.

0:36.3

Global leaders often come together to work for what they

0:39.2

hope is the greater good, such as tackling climate change, conflict and the economic crisis.

0:44.6

How far does the world need a new body to put on trial leaders who are accused of widespread

0:50.3

and rampant corruption that deprives their citizens of what is rightly theirs.

0:55.8

Well, my guest today is a senior US district, Judge Mark Wolfe,

0:59.7

who's trying to establish an international anti-corruption court to bring to justice leaders

1:05.2

who abuse their power for private gain.

1:08.3

Is this an idea whose time has come, or do we already have sufficient levers

1:13.2

to bring the kleptocrats to court? Judge Mark Wolf, welcome to Hard Talk. Thank you.

1:20.0

Why do you believe that the time has come for an international anti-corruption court and IACC?

1:27.4

As the Chair of Integrity Initiatives International, I and now many others around the world

1:33.4

believe the International Anti-Corruption Court is urgently needed, essentially for three reasons.

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