--- --- # Why the International Criminal Court Is Broken by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jun 17, 2015 4:08 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jun 17, 2015 4:08 PM UTC **1\.** [**The International Criminal Court is broken.**](http://wilsonquarterly.com/stories/why-is-the-international-criminal-court-so-bad-at-prosecuting-war-criminals/) By Elizabeth Peet in Wilson Quarterly **2\.** [**Stop giving away public land for pocket change.**](http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/06/16/oil-companies-are-drilling-on-public-land-for-the-price-of-a-cup-of-coffee-heres-why-that-should-change/) By Jayni Foley Hein in the Washington Post **3\.** [**While Syria burns next door, Lebanon’s fabric is fraying.**](http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/06/11/lebanons-fabric-is-fraying-this-is-why-it-matters/) By Mohamad Bazzi at Reuters **4\.** [**Beat the flu — by not targeting the flu.**](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-new-and-highly-successful-flu-treatment-works-by-not-targeting-the-flu-at-all-2) By Michael Byrne at Motherboard **5\.** [**The rise of Africa’s super vegetables.**](http://www.nature.com/news/the-rise-of-africa-s-super-vegetables-1.17712) By Rachel Cernansky in Nature  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ International Criminal Court: Why It's Broken ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3924437/why-international-criminal-court-broken/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3924437/why-international-criminal-court-broken/"},"headline":"Why the International Criminal Court Is Broken","datePublished":"2015-06-17T16:08:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:59.944Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/3924437/why-international-criminal-court-broken/","keywords":["Innovation","Africa","Lebanon","flu"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3924437/why-international-criminal-court-broken/","name":"Why the International Criminal Court Is Broken"}}]}] ```