Building A Case For A War Crimes Probe

Published February 17, 2016 at 12:52 PM EST

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen J. Rapp speaks during a press conference at the American Recreation Association in Dhaka on January 13, 2011. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

Britain and France are calling for an investigation into possible war crimes after four hospitals in Syria were hit by missiles this week. Russia is rejecting claims that it targeted one of the the hospitals. Here & Now’s Lisa Mullins speaks with Stephen Rapp, who works on war crimes cases, about this and his work to bring war crimes charges against ISIS and the Syrian government.

Guest

Stephen Rapp, a joint fellow at the Hague Institute for Global Justice and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He was the United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues from 2009 to 2015.

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