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Palestine and Israel, and other news - May 2024
Dear friends and colleagues,
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May was a busy month for international law. On May 20, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. We asked a variety of experts what that all means and what we can expect now. The same week on Friday 24, the (other really big court in The Hague) ICJ ordered Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah, Steph and Molly were in court and recorded an emergency podcast with their first reactions.
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What else have we been covering? We talked to Mazen Darwish about Universal Jurisdiction and the progress made in accountability for Syrian crimes and what remains to be done. We also asked Emily Tripp, Rachel Taylor and Khalif Hasan where the stats and data about casualties in conflicts come from, who is collecting the data and how it is used.
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We also added a piece to our Eco Files series by looking at national climate litigation and spoke to Kjelld Masoud Kroon and Eefje de Kroon about a new case brought by residents of the Caribbean island of Bonaire against the Netherlands authorities. And for the third in our series on the UN investigative mechanisms, we spoke to Christian Ritscher about the end of UNITAD’s mandate in Iraq.
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A busy month for the pod means a big shoutout to the whole team - Janet and Steph, Molly Quell, fellow journalist and always ready to support the pod, and Susannah, Margherita and Lindes on the production side. We kicked May off with our 100th episode so big thanks to all of our guests and listeners for getting us here!
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Have a listen
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Christian Ritscher taks about wrapping up UNITAD mission in Iraq. UNITAD is the UN investigative mechanism to get accountability for crimes committed by Isis.
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The ICJ has ruled that Israel must stop its offensive in Rafah. Stephanie and Molly give us the latest breaking news from the court.
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What just happened with the ICC application for arrest warrants in Israel Palestine? And what does it mean?
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Greenpeace expert Eefje de Kroon and planitiff Kjelld Masoud Kroon talk on the podcast about the climate litigation brought by the Caribbean island of Bonaire against the Netherlands
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During conflicts where do the numbers we quote as journalists come from, who is collecting the data and how does it get used? With Emily Tripp and Rachel Taylor
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What else have we been up to?
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Other suggestions:
- Molly recommends the book Greek Lessons by Han Kang.
- Steph is listening to the new series of The Serial and it focuses on what happened in Guantanamo, told by people who lived through key moments in its evolution.
- Janet suggests reading The Three-Body Problem Trilogy series by Cixin Liu. He is an award-winning author and one of the most popular science fiction writers in the People's Republic of China.
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Looking Ahead
In June we will post the recording of the live event in the Hague, for those of you who cannot join in person. We will also go back to Ukraine, for a variety of takes on how justice and accountability is going there.
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Our Patreon War Criminals Book Club will start to go into its summer clothing and so we will read a classic, the Trial by Franz Kafka. Stay with us.
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