ICC justice for Netanyahu? Maybe not — but the arrest warrant still changes everything

Despite their growing irrelevance in enforcing accountability, The Hague’s courts still shape the global narrative around justice
ICC justice for Netanyahu? Maybe not — but the arrest warrant still changes everything

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City. Picture: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

In school, most of us learned about The Hague the way one learns about algebra or Shakespeare — with begrudging reverence.

A solemn Dutch city, home to two of the most formidable-sounding institutions ever cooked up by the sober minds of the post-Second World War West — the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). One for disputes between states. The other for the monsters among us — war criminals, genocidaires, and heads of state with more skeletons than mistresses.

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