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Critics say Luis Moreno-Ocampo's justice threatens peace, while champions of justice criticise his weaknesses. The world | dG1fZGV2emNQNnFZR1U
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00:00His name is Luis Moreno Ocampo.
00:04He's the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
00:07And he's putting one of the leaders of this village on trial for mass murder.
00:11Child soldiers were exposed to the sexual violence
00:17perpetrated by Tomás Lubanga men in unspeakable ways.
00:23Tomás Lubanga's sentence will send a clear message.
00:27The era of impunity is ending.
00:32You believe that recruitment of child soldiers has stopped
00:36because Luis Moreno Ocampo took somebody to court?
00:41I don't believe it.
00:42Today, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant of arrest
00:49for the arrest of Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir,
00:53the president of Sudan, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
00:59The problem is this.
01:12The very people that you would want to hold criminally responsible
01:17are the very people you need for a political compromise.
01:22Omar al-Bashir's destiny is to face justice.
01:28It will be in two months or in two years,
01:33but he will face justice.
01:36The law is supposed to apply to everybody, even the powerful.
01:44So shouldn't you be investigating war crimes in Afghanistan?
01:48What I will do in Afghanistan, I will see.
01:50The law says I have to respect national proceedings.
01:54So we are collecting information.
01:55There is a clear indication.
01:58If you have the patronage of the U.S.,
02:00you will not be held accountable.
02:02I have to ignore the criticism.
02:06I have to ignore the war clapping in my favor.
02:09I cannot follow.
02:10Neither.

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