Luís Inácio Lula da Silva’s backing of Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit brought Brazil’s relationship with the International Criminal Court ICC into the limelight. Lula assured Putin, who has an ICC arrest warrant against him, of no arrest in Brazil. However, ex-Supreme Court Minister Celso de Mello emphasized Brazil’s duty to cooperate with the […]
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