# Is it worth prosecuting the powerful?

An episode of [The Foreign Desk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/786319916), 14 Feb 2026, 34 min.

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As the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte awaits trial in The Hague, we consider the difficulties around prosecuting individual leaders. Does it work as a deterrent for governments? And what is it like to defend one? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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