the libyan government has challenged the right of the international criminal court to try safe it argues that the hague based court has no jurisdiction because it only intervenes if the local justice system is not functioning and those ruling libya say that they justice system is operating well. it's one man who is an expert on the disagreements she says the country is in a state of collapse. i'm not sure that it will be right to assume that there is a government in libya today there is no army no police aren't militants are in control even if they give safe a trial the libyans always surprise us so i can't really see how the trial will go i'm not even sure if it will be good and how just an objective it will be the question needs to be asked why has safe trial not here begun he's been held captive since november two thousand and eleven and it's not even clear exactly where he's being held when the libyan rebels were fighting against gadhafi they proclaimed me that he and his family should be court marshaled now they are quiet it does seem as if once they got into power they be

he said of course you know about the first international criminal court, the slave trade tribunal does that in sierra leone. and i said no, i've never heard of that. and i studied this. making it about it because the special court for sierra leone that where one of these courts that and it was part of the local lore that this court had been there. and had heard these cases and it was sort of local common knowledge but not something that people were were a proposal. and i discovered that the british were asked to record keepers. and so the complete archives of the courts are in the british archiving unit. so it was pretty easy to see what the courts of them. >> host: and from that spark came this book, "the slave trade and the origins of international rights law." it's published by oxford. stanford law professor jenny martinez is the author. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> visit booktv.org to watch any the program you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. you can also shoot anything you see on booktv.o

he said of course the first international criminal courts in sierra leone. i said i've never heard of that and i studied this. he knew about it because the special court for sierra leone set in freetown and it was part of this local court that heard these cases and there was a sort of local common knowledge but not something people were aware about and i discovered that they were excellent record keepers of the complete our clients are in the british archives in london so it was pretty easy to reconstruct what the court had done. >> and from that came this book of the slave trade and the origin of the human rights law, published by oxford. stanford law professor is the author. you are watching book tv on c-span2. >>> an appetite for wonder is the name of the book. the author, dr. richard dawkins who's written a best seller. dr. dawkins why did you choose to write an autobiography at this point? >> [inaudible] my mother is 96 and is a very useful resources to talk to and tapped her memory and has been a wonderful experience actually in effect interviewing her

will refrain, for example, from undertaking unilateral steps, for example, to call on the international criminal court. that is what the pal stins called their plan b. they talked a lot during the last months if the talks failed. this is something the government was very concerned about. >> we see anything stations start and stop for years now. is there any reason to think these will get any further? people are to say skeptical. many are cynical. you see very cautious reaction. not many reactions. it's the weekend here. people will try to understand who made the most concessions although we have to be careful not all the exact details of this agreement are known, are still being form liesed but there are reports now in the media that israel would not move on the issue of the borders or on the settlement and this would be very hard to sell to the palestinians. it shows just how difficult the whole process is going to be. >> we'll see what comes up next week. to egypt now where at least three women were reported killed between clashers and supporters of morsi. arrival protests were held in cities across

son of moammar gadhafi still awaiting trial with libya refusing to hand him over to the international criminal court i mean fears that he's facing a death sentence at home. private companies in the u.k. are accused of hiring rogue detectives to steal their clients' private data that ng to the blanket surveillance concerns unleashed by recent snooping leaks and. doing told good all to hold it just tends to make them more alcohol like going to affect them and improve their overall condition as greece struggles to cure its ailing economy with a bailout cash we try to find out whether billions of euros have been of any help.

i was talking to us a judge that tried to charles taylor in sierra leone and is in new international criminal court that has sprung up and as i am looking at the court's of course, you know, what felt the slave trade tribunal and i said no. i have never heard of that. he knew about it because this special court is where one of the court sat it was parch of a local court but it had been there to hear the cases it was local common knowledge and not something people were aware of and i discovered the british were excellent record keepers sova completes archives are in the british archives in london. it was pretty easy to reconstruct what the courts had done. >>host: from that spark came this book "the slave trade and the origins of international human rights law" published by oxford stanford law professor jenny martinez is the author. you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> on your screen is a new book him called the romney's family table. when did you find time to put this together? >> oddly enough i had written a cookbook before but nobody would know that and having a mother and grandmother was a fan

ousted leader muammar gaddafi awaits trial with tripoli it refusing to hand him over to the international criminal court. and private companies in the u.k. are accused of hiring rogue detectives to steal their clients private data adding to a blanket surveillance concerns unleashed by recent snooping leaked.

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and allows a so therefore can court to try obama for war crimes or to be for him to the international criminal court and the muslim lawyers association have in this respect submitted to the prosecuting authorities in the police what is known as the obama docket and then docket essentially is for objectives we have presented evidence that obama is guilty of war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide we have done so first because we believe it is really just duty to speak out against a tyrant like obama to hold him accountable for his claims second we have done so in order to bring justice to the victims of these envisions policy the victims of the store chain and did in detention policies such as those in one turn a movie and the victims of these incineration policy when i mean it. when i say incineration policy i talk of the sport as you are using drones because that's what it does own does it in a human being and we want. to hold leaders such as obama accountable we want to test the rule of law we want the rule of law to apply equally to a king and to a pauper and finally we want obama to be b

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allows a so therefore you can court to try obama for war crimes or to be for him to the international criminal court and the muslim lawyers association have in this respect submitted to the prosecuting authorities in the police what is known as the obama docket and then docket essentially is for ject we have presented evidence that obama is guilty of walk crimes against humanity and genocide we have done so for. first because we believe it is our religious duty to speak out against a tyrant like obama to hold him accountable for his crimes second we have done so in order to bring justice to the victims of his envisions policy the victims of torture and detention policies such as those in. and the victims of his incineration policy when i mean when i say incineration policy i talk of using drone.

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and the international criminal court.orsi and some of his top muse limb brotherhood aids have been held at an undisclosed location since he was ousted. his son doesn't know if he's alive or dead. >>> edward snowden could leave the moscow airport where he's been holed up for a month. he's close to getting a certificate from the russian government showing he applied for asylum. it could take months to protess. in the meantime, he's able to pass through customs. >>> areas not accustom to bad, bad weather like this, arizona. severe flooding there. storms led forecasters to issue flash flood watches. roads turned to rivers leaving drivers in desperate need of rescue. in vegas, people there facing the threat of storms and flash floods in the area. a warning from the national weather service bringing down trees, power lines and causing severe flooding. >>> indra petersons is watching the forecast for us. what do you have for us? bring it on? >> you can't complain about rain. we complained about rain so long. it is in the forecas

if they pursue actions against the international criminal court with a unity government, as a thelt the palestinians -- bill does not provide funding, such as to be consistent with a of a law that prohibits it. supporting key strategic partners, israel, fully funding the memoranda of understanding, this subcommittee understands how critical it is to support israel, whether it is the ongoing threat from iran pursuing a nuclear weapon or the instability that continues in the region, israeli security faces serious threats and support from congress has never been stronger. the subcommittee understands the risk and what is at stake for both israel and the united states. the bill supports our critical partner and ally, jordan, including the requested $660 million for economic security assistance, their economy is under tremendous strain, dealing with the spillover from the conflict in syria. jordan needs our support and we included the issue of funding for the cost associated win hundreds of thousands of have welcomed into the country. -- with the hundreds of thousands of refugees to have wel

mcgovern: madam speaker, last week marked the third anniversary of when the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for omar al-bashir, the sitting president of sudan, on three counts of genocide related to darfur. four years ago bashir was indicted on two counts of war crimes and five counts of crimes against humanity. on sunday, bashir traveled to nigeria to a red carpet welcome and full guard of honor despite demands from human rights activists that nigeria arrest him to face trial on genocide charges. this is an outrage, madam speaker. congressman wolf, capuano and i have introduced h.r. 6092, the sudan peace and security accountability act. this strengthens sanctions against sudan and requires a comprehensive strategy to address the many conflicts and human rights crimes occurring in sudan, including an international strategy to enforce the i.c.c. arrest warrants against bashir and other sudanese officials. i ask my other colleagues to join us in this effort, to co-sponsor h.r. 6092, and to move it to the house floor for approval in the 113th congress. i yield back the

court and the i.c.c. again rejected libya's efforts to hold that trial by themselves before the latest on the situation here is artie's mostly are. although the international criminal

the international criminal court has indicted him for war crimes over the fighting in darfur. the region has been gripped by violence since 2003 when anti-government separatists took up arms against the government. >>> on a lighter note, festival goers in japan are getting into the spirit of summer. some are celebrating in unusual ways. teams of men carried floats through the streets as part of an old tradition. the first group arrived at the shrine just before the dawn, the men were carrying an elaborate float that weighed roughly one ton. the festival is said to date back to the 13th century. legend said that a buddhist priest sprinkled holy water around the district to dispel an epidemic. it is held every year to keep disease away. >>> and for us here in tokyo, mostly cloudy is the forecast with a current temperature reading of about 26 degrees celsius. for other selected cities around the world, here is the extended forecast. >>> for more news and special reports, just log onto our website. i'm james tengan in tokyo. thanks for watching.