The Rachman Review

How do you define a war crime?

Gideon discusses the history of international humanitarian law since the first world war with Boyd van Dijk, a historian at Oxford university and author of a recent book, Preparing for War - The Making of the Geneva Conventions. They discuss current efforts to prevent war crimes and hold leaders engaged in conflict to account. Clip: The Fog of War, RadicalMedia and SenArt Films, distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, 2003 Free links to read more on this topic:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4cO7dwL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Russia ‘prepared’ for nuclear war, warns Vladimir Putin</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4aMucq1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Israel grapples with ‘Eichmann’ dilemma over Hamas attack trials</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3JcqPNl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mexico and Chile ask ICC to investigate Israel-Hamas conflict</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3PThC0n" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S Africa accuses Israel of breaking international laws on genocide in Gaza</a> Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6ae9ef49-ded5-414d-a823-a26d47b41672" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.