Jacques Vergès: Legalized chaos

Jacques Vergès argues that the International Criminal Court is unconstitutional, applies statutes retrospectively and has unfair procedures. In short, it discredits justice itself Before asking whether some heads of state are deliberately violating international law, it would be useful to ask ourselves about the legality and, even more, the legitimacy of the institutions that are…

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Alfred Sommer: Public health is the public good

Health relies on good food, human rights, education and prosperity – and contributes to them too, explains Alfred Sommer – The United Nations, in its Millennium Development Goals, provided explicit, quantitative targets for reducing a wide variety of human miseries, including poverty, hunger, excessive mortality and insecurity. These, least of all health issues, are not…

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