22/10/2026
Join the LSESU Grimshaw Club for a Coffee Morning, featuring a case study discussion, with Rachel Chhoa-Howard!
When international courts take up cases in the Global South, the focus is usually on the verdict. Less attention goes to whether the justice delivered is sufficient, or the justice victims and their communities actually want. This coffee morning welcomes Rachel Chhoa-Howard, a researcher who has worked at Amnesty International for ten years and covers Southeast Asia, with a focus on the Philippines. Centred on the International Criminal Court’s case against former President Rodrigo Duterte, the conversation asks who justice is for and by whom it is created. Why do some leaders reach the courtroom while others do not? How does a court in The Hague land with victims’ families, with people who support the former president, and with communities that hold their own sense of what justice requires? And what does justice mean when one person faces trial while many others remain free at home? Students will gain a practical view of international justice that goes beyond the headlines and into its harder, more contested questions.
This event was organised by Speaker Officer Sofia Arboleda-Calderon and Vice-President Belle Venize.
