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Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity's Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity

by Carla Del Ponte, Chuck Sudetic · 2008

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Del Ponte won international recognition as Switzerland's attorney general when she pursued cases against the Sicilian Mafia. In 1999, she become the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal. She offers this courageous and startling memoir of her eight years spent striving to serve justice.

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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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social issuessocial issuesMore like thisLess of this
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SwitzerlandSwitzerlandMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of this
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