Prosecutor

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Duration: 1 hour

Critics say Luis Moreno-Ocampo's justice threatens peace, while champions of justice criticise his weaknesses. The world's first permanent International Criminal Court is making headlines - issuing an arrest warrant for a sitting head of state for war crimes, Sudanese President Al-Bashir in July 2008 and now seeking the arrest of Colonel Gaddafi, his son Saif and his brother-in-law, the intelligence chief Abdullah Sanussi.

Cameras follow the prosecutor in New York as he defends the Al-Bashir warrant at the UN Security Council; in The Hague, as he opens the Court's first trial of alleged Congolese war criminal Thomas Lubanga; and in the Congo as he meets citizens affected by the trial. The prosecutor must keep one step ahead of them all.

Part of BBC 4's Justice season.

  • BBC Four Justice Season

    BBC Four Justice Season

    This programme is part of the BBC Four Justice Season, a wide-ranging debate on the state of justice in Britain and the world today.

    Go to the BBC Four Justice Season website

  • BBC World Service: Profile: Luis Moreno-Ocampo

    BBC World Service: Profile: Luis Moreno-Ocampo

    Listen as Brian Hanrahan looks at Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Originally broadcast in 2008.

    Listen to BBC World Service: Profile: Luis Moreno-Ocampo

  • Photo: Chief of Zumbe, D.R. Congo (far left) and Luis Moreno-Ocampo (far right).

    Photo: Chief of Zumbe, D.R. Congo (far left) and Luis Moreno-Ocampo (far right).

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Series Editor
Nick Fraser
Director
Barry Stevens

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