"Never Give Up" - Interview with Benjamin Ferencz, May 2021.

As a young man, Benjamin Ferencz was chief prosecutor in one of the Nuremberg trials and advocated for the creation of a permanent international court. June 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute, which sealed the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Dr. Hannah Birkenkötter (UNA Germany) talks with Ferencz about several questions: What was the significance of the Einsatzgruppen trial in Nuremberg in particular, and the Nuremberg trials in general, for international law and world peace? Has the ICC lived up to the expectations of its founders? Can the law even respond adequately to the most serious crimes? How can more acceptance be created so that states such as the USA, Israel, China, India or Russia also join the ICC?